In the remote mountains of Southwestern New Mexico that has long been a ranching country, only a handful of men still know the old cowboy ways. Our Mother the Mountain is a documentary poem told entirely in the voices of three old cowboys who eked out a hardscrabble existence in rough terrain. This is an elegy before they will disappear, a story of solitude, loss, and rugged beauty.
Amos is forced to delay his suicide attempt to help a neighbor. Yael is preparing for an important job interview. Tomer is late to his daughter's birthday. For all three it is stressful morning. But all their plans, get a different perspective in the absurd world of Jerusalem 2002.
The myth of a goddess who rebels against traditional romance and falls in love with herself.
