For centuries, rice farmers on the island of Bali have taken great care not to offend Dewi Danu, the water goddess who dwells in the crater lake near the peak of Batur volcano. Through an analysis of ritual, resource management practices (planting schedules, irrigation vs. conservation, etc) and social organization, anthropologist Steve Lansing and ecologist James Kremer discover the intricacy and sustainability of this ancient water management agricultural system.

In this short documentary, five black women talk about their lives in rural and urban Canada between...

A documentary about Swiss mountain folk.

A beautifully shot exploration of how Puerto Rican coffee farmers struggle to pass on their family t...

In California’s Central Valley, tucked between the county jail and the shooting range, 100 Mexican-A...

King Corn is a fun and crusading journey into the digestive tract of our fast food nation where one ...

Documentary filmmaker Robert Kenner examines how mammoth corporations have taken over all aspects of...

The Living Sea celebrates the beauty and power of the ocean as it explores our relationship with thi...
The people and their labor are bound to the land in the cycle of activities to the sowing to the har...

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It happened more or less by accident; the people who made it happen were amateurs; and for the most ...