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Chowboys: An American Folktale
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Chowboys: An American Folktale

2018-09-21 · 8 min · ★ 6.8

Western · Horror

Three stupid cowboys are lost in the woods without any food on the coldest night of the year. Will they succumb to the cold, cannibalism, or the Christmas Spirit? Canada's infamous Astron-6 return to short form to challenge the very idea of storytelling. Grotesque. Absurd. Buñuel by way of Zuckers and Abrahams.

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Directors
Adam Brooks, Matthew Kennedy, Steven Kostanski, Jeremy Gillespie, Conor Sweeney
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Countries
Canada
Status
Released

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Matthew KennedyMatthew Kennedy
Adam BrooksAdam Brooks
Conor SweeneyConor Sweeney
Jeremy GillespieJeremy Gillespie
Steven KostanskiSteven Kostanski

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