Farming Movies

  • 1937
    The Battle for Miggershausen

    The Battle for Miggershausen

    The Battle for Miggershausen

    01937HD

    This technically quite well-made cartoon from pre-war Nazi Germany is a commercial (or propaganda piece) for Volksempfänger ("people's...

    The Battle for Miggershausen
  • 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
  • 2016
    Milk Men

    Milk Men

    Milk Men

    02016HD

    As the global economics of dairy farming has winnowed out most small and medium-sized dairies, the surviving farmers confront pressures to intensify...

    Milk Men
  • 1993
    Erik and Sigvard: A year in Småland

    Erik and Sigvard: A year in Småland

    Erik and Sigvard: A year in Småland

    01993HD

    Brothers Erik and Sigvard live by old traditions - they grow their own food and bake their own bread. The only time they leave their family farm is...

    Erik and Sigvard: A year in Småland
  • 2023
    Sugar in Their Blood

    Sugar in Their Blood

    Sugar in Their Blood

    02023HD

    Mainly through the voice of family patriarch Joe Judice, Sugar in Their Blood follows a family of 7th generation Louisiana sugarcane farmers as they...

    Sugar in Their Blood
  • 2012
    Land Rush

    Land Rush

    Land Rush

    62012HD

    A partnership between the Government of Mali and an American agricultural investor may see 200-square kilometers of Malian land transformed into a...

    Land Rush
  • 2019
    Mwanza Youth

    Mwanza Youth

    Mwanza Youth

    02019HD

    In partnership with the MasterCard Foundation and local partner Mwanza Youth and Children Network, the young reporters produce and broadcast radio...

    Mwanza Youth
  • 2005
    The Grange Fair: An American Tradition

    The Grange Fair: An American Tradition

    The Grange Fair: An American Tradition

    82005HD

    This Emmy award-winning documentary chronicles a vanishing piece of Americana: the last remaining agricultural encampment fair in the country, and...

    The Grange Fair: An American Tradition
  • 1997
    Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature

    Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature

    Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature

    01997HD

    Documentary on water usage, money, politics, the transformation of nature, and the growth of the American west, shown on PBS as a four-part...

    Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature
  • 2023
    L'Amour vache

    L'Amour vache

    L'Amour vache

    82023HD

    L'Amour vache
  • 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...

    The First Season
  • 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
  • 2023
    A Distant Noise

    A Distant Noise

    A Distant Noise

    02023HD

    During the rice sowing season, Jun, a young Catalan of Chinese origin, works as a seasonal worker in the Ebro Delta. This ancient labour will make...

    A Distant Noise
  • 2025
    Riða

    Riða

    Riða

    02025HD

    A documentary about the history of scrapie in Iceland.

    Riða
  • 1939
    Forgotten Victory

    Forgotten Victory

    Forgotten Victory

    01939HD

    This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short tells the story of Mark Carleton, a worker for the USDA who travels across the world trying to...

    Forgotten Victory
  • 1985
    Shipbuilder

    Shipbuilder

    Shipbuilder

    01985HD

    This film recreates the true story of Tom Sukanen, an eccentric Finnish immigrant who homesteaded in Saskatchewan in the 1920s and 1930s. Sukanen...

    Shipbuilder
  • 2018
    Dust

    Dust

    Dust

    5.22018HD

    The short drama film Dòst tells the tough coming of age process of best friends Alko and Björn in a small rural village community....

    Dust
  • 2020
    A Hong Kong Farmer’s Lot

    A Hong Kong Farmer’s Lot

    A Hong Kong Farmer’s Lot

    02020HD

    The documentary offers a glimpse into the life of a farmer who worked in the fields with his father when he was young. After spending time in the...

    A Hong Kong Farmer’s Lot
  • 2008
    Sleep Furiously

    Sleep Furiously

    Sleep Furiously

    5.8462008HD

    Set in a small farming community in mid Wales, a place where Koppel's parents - both refugees - found a home. This is a landscape and population that...

    Sleep Furiously
  • 1970
    Sepp Holzer's Secrets of Eden

    Sepp Holzer's Secrets of Eden

    Sepp Holzer's Secrets of Eden

    01970HD

    Filmmaker Claudia Hefner showcases the Kramerterhof, an Alpine estate which Sepp Holzer has transformed from an ordinary farm into a paragon of...

    Sepp Holzer's Secrets of Eden