Siglo XVIII. El rey danés Frederik V declaró que los páramos salvajes de Jutlandia deberían ser colonizados y cultivados para que la civilización pudiera extenderse y generar nuevos impuestos para la casa real. Sin embargo, nadie se atrevió a seguir el decreto del rey. Esa tierra significaba muerte: un lugar lleno de lobos hambrientos y castigado por una naturaleza brutal e implacable. Pero a finales del verano de 1755, un soldado solitario llamado Ludvig Kahlen decidió que esos páramos le proporcionarían la riqueza y el honor que había deseado siempre.
Hana se casa con un hombre lobo y cría a sus dos hijos sola después de su muerte. Se trasladan a las afueras de la ciudad y los niños tienen aventuras en el bosque y en la escuela.
Martin es uno de los agentes del FBI más prometedores de todo Wall Street. Sin embargo, tras una disputa con sus jefes, el joven debe trasladarse a su ciudad natal y trabajar desde allí. Al poco tiempo, Martin comprende que su relocalización ha sido de todo menos una coincidencia.
Exposing the dark underbelly of modern animal agriculture through drones, hidden & handheld cameras, the feature-length film explores the morality and validity of our dominion over the animal kingdom.
Charlie returns from boarding school to take care of her sick mother Laura, owner of a small organic egg farm in the New Jersey countryside. It's a struggle to look after her mom, run the farm on her own and keep up with her studies. Their day-today life on the farm, already strained by years of unspoken resentment, is turned upside down when Laura’s mother Solange shows up unannounced! Solange is an eccentric French feminist who left America many years ago. She's never had much of a relationship with her daughter. Laura's sudden illness motivates her to reconnect. But can these three women, opposite in so many ways, learn to live together? To combat the unexpected bird flu epidemic that threatens the farm, they must rise above conflict. Only love and laughter can heal old wounds and help them to accept each other's differences.
King Corn is a fun and crusading journey into the digestive tract of our fast food nation where one ultra-industrial, pesticide-laden, heavily-subsidized commodity dominates the food pyramid from top to bottom – corn. Fueled by curiosity and a dash of naiveté, two college buddies return to their ancestral home of Greene, Iowa to figure out how a modest kernel conquered America. With the help of some real farmers, oodles of fertilizer and government aide, and some genetically modified seeds, the friends manage to grow one acre of corn. Along the way, they unlock the hilarious absurdities and scary but hidden truths about America’s modern food system in this engrossing and eye-opening documentary.
After his father faces financial struggles, 12-year-old Max is forced to shut down the pawn shop he operates from his garage and move to a small country town. When Max discovers the world of small-scale farming, the young entrepreneur rallies the help of his cousin Charles, along with local youtuber Alice, to start an egg farming business in Charles's old decaying barn.
Cuando Andy, de dieciséis años, hereda el huerto de su abuelo y se convierte en la pupila de su tía de la ciudad, debe navegar por el camino hacia su futuro desde una pequeña ciudad donde la elección y la agencia nunca han sido opciones para las mujeres jóvenes.
Expertos científicos y celebridades activistas revelan las formas en que el suelo terrestre puede ser la clave para combatir el cambio climático y preservar el planeta.
A film that captures the portraits and stories of extraordinary women around the world who are coming together to heal the injustices against the earth, weaves together poetry, music, art, and stunning scenery to create a hopeful and collective story that inspires us to work for the earth. The list of impassioned, indefatigable female environmental activists featured in this film includes Winona LaDuke, a Native American who has championed the use of solar and wind power on reservations; Theo Colborn, head of The Endocrine Disruption Exchange, who fights against toxic chemicals in our water supplies; Beverly Grant, who’s created a vibrant farmer’s market in a black neighborhood of Denver, Colo.; Dana Miller, who spearheads an “urban agriculture movement” in the same city; and Vandana Shiva, who champions organic farming in India.
When an injured wife-murderer takes refuge on a remote Lancashire farm, the farmer’s three children mistakenly believe him to be the Second Coming of Christ.
John and Mary Sims are city-dwellers hit hard by the financial fist of The Depression. Driven by bravery (and sheer desperation) they flee to the country and, with the help of other workers, set up a farming community - a socialist mini-society based upon the teachings of Edward Gallafent. The newborn community suffers many hardships - drought, vicious raccoons and the long arm of the law - but ultimately pull together to reach a bread-based Utopia.
Unaired pilot for a drama/adventure series about a county agent.
Inspirada en su perro, una pareja citadina se aventura en un proyecto agropecuario biodiverso de ocho años, en el que cosecha tanto éxitos como desilusiones
Manuel es un pobre pero orgulloso granjero mexicano que está casado con María. Cuando el lenguaraz vagabundo Santiago le propone que participe en el robo de un tren, Manuel al principio se resiste, pero acaba aceptando la propuesta por culpa de la codicia de su mujer. Corrompido por el afán de riqueza, Manuel empieza a tramar el asesinato de Santiago. Al mismo tiempo María hace planes para deshacerse de Manuel y escaparse con un apuesto extranjero.
Uprooted from their comfortable home in Pennsylvania, James and Kate Tanner, along with their sons, Virgil and Andy, journey to the wild country of 1890s Wyoming to become farmers. Soon, they come face-to-face with tornadoes, bears and wolves. But through the hardships their love for each other endures, even when a local rancher sees the newcomers as "squatters" on his land, and will stop at nothing – including murder – to drive them out.
An ex-partisan and current political activist sets out to Styria region in Slovenia to buy out the wheat from peasants and convince them to form the farming collective. His ostensible success (based on blackmailing rather than convincing), as well as his love defeat, make him disturbed and he kills an innocent man while performing a social mission.
It follows a year in the life of a family in the North-Eastern part of Finland. From the gloomy days of winter to the Mid Summer wedding festivities.
The lives of 7 friends in a small Czech town from 1945 to some time after 1958.
Featuring the characters from Murray Ball's "Footrot Flats" (New Zealands most beloved local cartoon strip), questions to be answered include: Will Wal Footrot win the affections of Cheeky Hobson over the sleazy Spit Murphy? Will the Dog win the affections of the lovely Jess? Will Wal make a good impression on the selectors at Saturday's rugby match? Can Rangi and Pongo save Cooch's prize stag from the depths of Blackwater Station, home of the Murphys, their vicious dogs and deadly croco-pigs? All this and more will be answered as the small town of Raupo comes to life on the big screen.