The 46th Telluride Film Festival line up included in its main program the #OregonMade feature, “First Cow.” The film is directed by Kelly Reichardt, based upon the novel by Jonathan Raymond (and written by Raymond and Reichardt) and produced by Neil Kopp, Anish Savjani and Vincent Savino. Many on the production team have worked together on other #OregonMade projects such as; “Wendy and Lucy,” “Night Moves” and “Meek’s Cutoff” among others.
“First Cow” shot entirely on location in Oregon last year and tells the story of Cookie Figowitz (John Magaro), the cook for a party of volatile fur trappers trekking through the Oregon Territory in the 1820s, who joins up with the refugee Henry Brown (Orion Lee). The two begin to collaborate on a business, although its longevity is reliant upon the participation of a wealthy landowner’s prized milking cow – the first cow in the Territory.
“First Cow” will also play the New York Film Festival later in September.