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A look into the lives of Black generational farmers, unveiling the challenges of maintaining legacy and the value of land ownership.

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Alissa Wilkinson New York Times 2d
The impersonal problems of financing and statistics become personal, and the history of discrimination feels much closer, more concrete. And if we’re looking closely, we can see, in the younger generations of farmers, the seeds of the future. Go to Full Review Brian Tallerico RogerEbert.com 2d
3.5/4
Moments have a tactile intimacy that’s incredibly powerful, placing these ordinary people in an almost timeless continuum of seemingly ordinary behavior that becomes extraordinary in memory, or through the eyes of a camera. Go to Full Review Alexander Mooney Slant Magazine Jan 11
3/4
Brittany Shyne’s lens is held rapt by the ramblings and insights of the elderly, but it springs to life when it’s turned toward the next generation, whose future is of utmost concern in light of the socioeconomic tensions documented by the film. Go to Full Review Christopher Campbell Nonfics (Substack) 1d
One montage sequence in the middle of the movie, presenting the cotton harvest, is possibly worth the price of admission alone, but the documentary as a whole is too long. Go to Full Review Avi Offer NYC Movie Guru 4d
A warm, poetic and exquisitely shot documentary. Go to Full Review Jaylan Salah Geek Vibes Nation 4d
7.5/10
SEEDS doesn’t try to ask sophisticated questions that it can’t answer, nor does it search for a solution to an expanding global problem of manpower decay. It simply states the obvious and challenges us to think. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Brittany Shyne

Director

Danielle Varga

Producer

Brittany Shyne

Producer

Sabrina Schmidt Gordon

Producer

Brittany Shyne

Cinematographer

Malika Zouhali-Worrall

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Movie Info

Synopsis A look into the lives of Black generational farmers, unveiling the challenges of maintaining legacy and the value of land ownership.
Director
Brittany Shyne
Producer
Danielle Varga, Brittany Shyne, Sabrina Schmidt Gordon
Production Co
Walking Productions
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
2h 3m