GAUCHO GAUCHO Trailer: Michael Dweck & Gregory Kershaw Capture Argentinian Cowboys in New Documentary

By M.J. O'Toole

With their keen attention to detail and cinematic vision, filmmaking duo Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw (The Truffle Hunters) capture the culture of the Argentinian cowboys for their newest undertaking. Gaucho Gaucho, shot in crisp black and white, follows the cowboys and cowgirls living in the Argentinian countryside beyond the boundaries of the modern world. The duo returned to Sundance this year where they won a Special Jury Prize for their sound design. The film also recently won the first-ever Letterboxd Piazza Grande Award at Locarno. It is now set to screen at DOC NYC and AFI Fest, followed by a streaming release on Jolt starting December 1.

Here’s the official synopsis:

Gaucho Gaucho paints an Argentinian Western with image and sound that reach an operatic beauty. Acclaimed photographers and now three-time Sundance-fêted filmmakers Gregory Kershaw and Michael Dweck return with another striking nonfiction work after first taking audiences to the final stock car racetrack of Long Island with The Last Race and the secret corners of the Italian countryside in search of white truffles with The Truffle Hunters. Their focus is now on the vast mountains of Argentina, expressed in stunning black-and-white photography, and a small community of gauchos who hold profound connections to the surrounding nature and their own traditions. As older generations dispense their wisdom, the film keeps its eye toward a new generation who continue to fight for their families’ legacy in a modern world.