Cowboys of Florida

This is the documentation of a little known and rapidly disappearing way of life. Yes, there ARE cowboys in Florida. Real live rootin’ tootin roping and riding cowboys. And they’ve been on the scene for over 250 years. In fact Florida vies with Texas as the number one cattle producing state in the USA. This colorful film started out as an “ode” to the cowboys way of life. But it has transformed into a film encompassing more than could have ever been imagined. Developed over a course of three years, we soon realized that the life of the Florida Cowboy was changing; disappearing before our very eyes. But we had no idea it would happen so fast. The combination of the wrath of Charlie (the hurricane which destroyed huge tracts of central Florida) combined with the explosion of land values, have combined to forecast an end to large scale ranching in Florida. This film captures the beauty of the old ways, many of which have not changed in hundreds of years, with the drama of encroaching civilization. It is a beautiful and important film documenting America in the throes of change.