The people and their labor are bound to the land in the cycle of activities to the sowing to the harvesting of wheat. Without narration or subtitles, the film conveys a sense of unity between the people and the land. Filmed in the Balkh Province, an area inhabited by Tajik and other Central Asian peoples. The town of Aq Kupruk is approximately 320 miles northwest of Kabul. The theme of the film focuses on rural economics. The film and accompaning instructor notes focus on herding, and fishing under diverse environmental conditions. The impact of technological change, human adaptation, and governmental extension of market systems are parallel themes.
A cinematic portrait of farmer and writer Wendell Berry. Through his eyes, we see both the changing ...
This documentary short is a visual portrait of “Prairie Sentinels,” the vertical grain elevators tha...
This film recreates the true story of Tom Sukanen, an eccentric Finnish immigrant who homesteaded in...
A farming community organizes to obtain hydro power under Manitoba's rural electrification plan. Ene...
How safe is the future of the world’s food? This documentary explores a growing crisis in world agri...
Since Monsanto began selling their patented 'Roundup Ready' genetically modified (GM) seeds they hav...
The first Easter Island documentary, filmed in 1935 when the Belgian naval ship Mercator came to col...
As the global economics of dairy farming has winnowed out most small and medium-sized dairies, the s...
King Corn is a fun and crusading journey into the digestive tract of our fast food nation where one ...
Brothers Erik and Sigvard live by old traditions - they grow their own food and bake their own bread...
The successes and failures of a couple determined to live in harmony with nature on a farm outside o...
When the Cows Come Home introduces audiences to Tilly and Maggie, a pair of cows that musician, jour...
Anita Chitaya has a gift: she can help bring abundant food from dead soil, she can make men fight fo...
A look at man's relationship with Dirt. Dirt has given us food, shelter, fuel, medicine, ceramics, f...
A strange story from Somerset, England about a filmmaking farmer and the inspiring legacy of his lon...
Cows With No Name is almost a diary, filmed one day at a time, of each stage of this process, docume...
Early Mondo film featuring primitive rituals, animals being butchered, unusual birth defects, and a ...
FRESH is more than a movie, it’s a gateway to action. Our aim is to help grow FRESH food, ideas, and...
Documentary about Lule Bib Luka a sheep farmer and one of Albania's last Burneshas, women who swear ...