To Hold a Mountain tells the incredible story of a woman whose way of life was threatened when she heard her pastures were set to become a Nato training zoneThe star of To Hold a Mountain is having trouble with her goats, which keep escaping. So my interview with Mileva “Gara” Jovanović is rescheduled to a moment where the animals are under control and Gara can descend from the peaks to her small winter residence in a small village near the capital of Podorica, for a video call.“You have to take care of them because they are always searching for their paths,” says Gara, whose Montenegrin is translated into English by Biljana Tutorov, the joint writer-director of the stunning film about Gara’s life in the mountains of Sinjajevina. “But the goats are good, especially when they know the shepherdess. I’m a good shepherdess. They listen to me.” Continue reading...
‘Goats are good. They listen’: the herder who defeated Montenegro’s military – and can identify her cows’ herby burps
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The Guardian - UKBy Patrick Barkham
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
To Hold a Mountain tells the incredible story of a woman whose way of life was threatened when she heard her pastures were set to become a Nato training zone The star of To Hold a Mountain is having trouble with her goats, which keep escaping. So my interview with Mileva “Gara” Jovanović is rescheduled to a moment where the animals are under control and Gara can descend from the peaks to her small winter residence in a small village near the capital of Podorica, for a video call. “You have to ta
Key Takeaways
- They listen’: the herder who defeated Montenegro’s military – and can identify her cows’ herby burps.
- “But the goats are good, especially when they know the shepherdess.
- I’m a good shepherdess.
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