Farming Movies

  • 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....

    The Last Word in Chickens
  • 2005
    A Farm for the Future

    A Farm for the Future

    A Farm for the Future

    02005HD

    Wildlife film maker Rebecca Hosking investigates how to transform her family's farm in Devon into a low energy farm for the future, and discovers...

    A Farm for the Future
  • 2021
    The Whisper of the Leaves

    The Whisper of the Leaves

    The Whisper of the Leaves

    82021HD

    A poetic and contemplative journey of harmony between different forms of life that coexist on the earth. This film is a meditation on the effect of...

    The Whisper of the Leaves
  • 1985
    The Neglected Miracle

    The Neglected Miracle

    The Neglected Miracle

    01985HD

    Indigenous farmers in Peru, Nicaragua, Italy, France, Australia and New Zealand share their intimacy with the land and the seeds they have nurtured...

    The Neglected Miracle
  • 1970
    Delmarva and the Ground for Change

    Delmarva and the Ground for Change

    Delmarva and the Ground for Change

    01970HD

    Three family-owned farms on the Delmarva Peninsula and their success using practices that protect and promote healthy soil; practices that also...

    Delmarva and the Ground for Change
  • 1970
    CurryStone 2013: Proximity Designs

    CurryStone 2013: Proximity Designs

    CurryStone 2013: Proximity Designs

    01970HD

    Proximity Designs is a sustainable development group that works to improve the lives of the rural poor in Myanmar. Proximity Designs boosts...

    CurryStone 2013: Proximity Designs
  • 1981
    Grain Elevator

    Grain Elevator

    Grain Elevator

    01981HD

    This documentary short is a visual portrait of “Prairie Sentinels,” the vertical grain elevators that once dotted the Canadian Prairies....

    Grain Elevator
  • 2005
    Tractor Ted in Wintertime

    Tractor Ted in Wintertime

    Tractor Ted in Wintertime

    02005HD

    Join Tractor Ted and the farmer on a trip to the market to buy some more sheep. Winter is a good time to check the animals and the machines. The...

    Tractor Ted in Wintertime
  • 2022
    Poya

    Poya

    Poya

    02022HD

    High in the Swiss alps, get a glimpse into the life of an alpine farming family in the traditional Swiss Poya style. From a slow morning on the...

    Poya
  • 1998
    The Peasant's War

    The Peasant's War

    The Peasant's War

    01998HD

    The second part of a trilogy on the subject of farming in which an attempt is made to look at the existence of farmers at the end of the 20th century.

    The Peasant's War
  • 1985
    Canada Vignettes: The Move

    Canada Vignettes: The Move

    Canada Vignettes: The Move

    01985HD

    In this short documentary from the Canada Vignettes series, a Saskatchewan grain elevator is moved across the snow-covered prairie to a new home...

    Canada Vignettes: The Move
  • 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
  • 2012
    Perfect Compost: a Master Class with Peter Proctor

    Perfect Compost: a Master Class with Peter Proctor

    Perfect Compost: a Master Class with Peter Proctor

    02012HD

    Peter Proctor is New Zealand's father of biodynamic agriculture. Peter has been gardening and making compost for over 65 years. "Biodymanics makes...

    Perfect Compost: a Master Class with Peter Proctor
  • 2009
    Agrarian Utopia

    Agrarian Utopia

    Agrarian Utopia

    6.42009HD

    Facing seizure of their own lands, two families found themselves farming together on the same field, hoping to get through just another rice-farming...

    Agrarian Utopia
  • 1988
    The Goddess and the Computer

    The Goddess and the Computer

    The Goddess and the Computer

    01988HD

    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 Goddess and the Computer
  • 2014
    Georgica

    Georgica

    Georgica

    02014HD

    A contemplative look at the achievements of large-scale farming practices on the Dutch Flevo polder, guided by Virgil's didactic poem Georgica.

    Georgica
  • 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...

    From the Black Earth
  • 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
  • 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,...

    My Wheat
  • 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