Join us for "The Last Link" at Alliance Française on May 27 at 6:00 PM.

This powerful film offers a unique glimpse into the lives of shepherds, exploring both their past and present. It sheds light on the ancient art of shepherding and the challenges faced by these individuals who continue the tradition in modern times. Don’t miss out on this insightful and thought-provoking evening!

Location: Alliance Française, 1345 Bush Street, SF

Date: May 27

Time: 6:00 PM

We look forward to seeing you there!

The documentary The Last Link captures the rich and dramatic story of the Basque and Béarnaise shepherding cultures. For over 5,000 years, shepherding has been a way of life in Europe’s Pyrenees mountains. Basque emigrants brought this culture to the American West in the early 20th Century. Less than a hundred years later, it is in danger of being absorbed in mainstream culture, both in Europe and in the United States.

The Last Link shows the shepherds and their descendants as a proud and passionate people, whose spiritual and physical vitality is shaped by their connection to the mountains, regardless of whether they are in the Pyrenees or Wyoming’s Bighorn Mountains. Tempered by extremes of weather and demands of self-reliance, they remain linked to an Old World Culture that offers a glimpse into the past where one can feel time, marked by ever-changing patterns of seasonal cycles. Interviews with immigrants and their descendants in Wyoming and California graphically illustrate the role of community in sustaining a transplanted identity within a larger Western American culture.

FREE EVENT