Farming Movies

  • 2007
    Greening the Desert

    Greening the Desert

    Greening the Desert

    02007HD

    Permaculture expert Geoff Lawton describes how he and a team of volunteers grew an oasis in arid, salty lowland, despite extremely high temperatures a...

    Greening the Desert
  • 2023
    The Wheat Harvest

    The Wheat Harvest

    The Wheat Harvest

    02023HD

    The rhythms of a typical day during the summer wheat harvest in Kansas.

    The Wheat Harvest
  • 2024
    Legacy

    Legacy

    Legacy

    02024HD

    Is there a mental health crisis in agriculture in Colorado? Farming and ranching has become increasingly difficult over the years. An industry that is...

    Legacy
  • 2012
    The First Season

    The First Season

    The First Season

    02012HD

    Paul and Phyllis van Amburgh, believing that a small, family farm is the best place to raise their children, take their life savings and buy a defunct...

    The First Season
  • 1924
    The Last Word in Chickens

    The Last Word in Chickens

    The Last Word in Chickens

    71924HD

    This 10-minute short documentary exploring the shifting state of the American poultry industry was preserved in 2015 from an original nitrate print. M...

    The Last Word in Chickens
  • 2015
    The Sabinal Canyon

    The Sabinal Canyon

    The Sabinal Canyon

    4.32015HD

    This 2015 documentary about the history behind the Sabinal Canyon in Texas. The story starts in the Hill Country where Cap. William Ware was given la...

    The Sabinal Canyon
  • 2007
    Harvesting Water the Permaculture Way

    Harvesting Water the Permaculture Way

    Harvesting Water the Permaculture Way

    6.52007HD

    Permaculture teacher Geoff Lawton designs and builds a dam and water harvesting system on a farm.

    Harvesting Water the Permaculture Way
  • 2015
    The Ground We Won

    The Ground We Won

    The Ground We Won

    5.42015HD

    With great bawdiness and backbone, a rugby team made up of farmers strive to redeem themselves from a long run of bitter losses. In the face of the he...

    The Ground We Won
  • 1940
    Mysore

    Mysore

    Mysore

    01940HD

    Two sides of Mysore: down to earth with the field workers and an Indian spectacle for the Maharaja.

    Mysore
  • 2022
    My Wheat

    My Wheat

    My Wheat

    02022HD

    The farmers' busy summer is impossible to experience without personal experience. I always want to shoot a film recording the farmers' busy summer, so...

    My Wheat
  • 2025
    Tending to the Soul

    Tending to the Soul

    Tending to the Soul

    02025HD

    In rural Alabama, Freedom Farm Azul stands as a sanctuary for nourishment, education, and healing. Through intimate interviews and lush imagery, this...

    Tending to the Soul
  • 1956
    Put Una Money for There

    Put Una Money for There

    Put Una Money for There

    01956HD

    Advertising cartoon advising the farmers of West Africa to save their money in Barclay's banks.

    Put Una Money for There
  • 1946
    Farm Electrification

    Farm Electrification

    Farm Electrification

    91946HD

    A farming community organizes to obtain hydro power under Manitoba's rural electrification plan. Energetic canvassing wins over those hesitant to shar...

    Farm Electrification
  • 1986
    Fragile Harvest

    Fragile Harvest

    Fragile Harvest

    101986HD

    How safe is the future of the world’s food? This documentary explores a growing crisis in world agriculture. Plant breeding has created today’s crops,...

    Fragile Harvest
  • 2015
    Of the Land

    Of the Land

    Of the Land

    02015HD

    Within the last half century, our agriculture and food has changed more than it has changed before in several thousand years. New technologies and sci...

    Of the Land
  • 2022
    From the Black Earth

    From the Black Earth

    From the Black Earth

    02022HD

    From the Black Earth is a collaboration between Bristol based company Cables and Cameras, and a local farmer Humphrey Lloyd. Employing both lucid spea...

    From the Black Earth
  • 2012
    Seeds of Hope

    Seeds of Hope

    Seeds of Hope

    82012HD

    A look at food security in the Hawaiian islands

    Seeds of Hope
  • 2012
    For What it's Worth, Milk a Goat

    For What it's Worth, Milk a Goat

    For What it's Worth, Milk a Goat

    02012HD

    In a world drifting further away from participatory food production, relying instead on large corporations to feed us, this film asks “What do we lose...

    For What it's Worth, Milk a Goat
  • 2024
    Hassan's Tomatoes

    Hassan's Tomatoes

    Hassan's Tomatoes

    02024HD

    A farmer struggles to make a living on his land near the coast of the Dead Sea.

    Hassan's Tomatoes
  • 2008
    Good Stewards

    Good Stewards

    Good Stewards

    02008HD

    Farmers alone cannot make our food system thrive - it’s up to all of us. That is the message of this enlightening and encouraging film. The good stewa...

    Good Stewards