1. The Beevangelist
A short contemplative documentary on beekeeper Charlie Koenen and the importance of urban beekeeping.
2. In Search of Balance
An exploration of a new paradigm of health, science, and medicine, based on the interconnections between us and nature.
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
3. Meat
Meat is the modern story of the animals we eat, as told by the people who never get to say their piece - from the solitary hunter who believes everyone needs to be educated about their food, to an industrial pig farmer who argues that money isn't his primary driver.
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
4. Honeyland (Медена земја)
When nomadic beekeepers break Honeyland’s basic rule , the last female beehunter in Europe must save the bees and restore natural balance.
It has an average vote of 7.953 on TMDB.
5. Half-Life in Fukushima (Demi-vie à Fukushima)
In the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, a Japanese farmer ekes out a solitary existence within the radiation red zone.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
6. Henry Browne, Farmer
Henry Browne, an African American farmer, and his family are profiled in this film. The important job of a farmer during times of war is highlighted, specifically his efforts growing peanuts and cotton. This role is made even more poingnant when they visit the eldest son who is a cadet in the 99th Pursuit Squadron.
It has an average vote of 4.8 on TMDB.
7. Reserve 107
Indigenous rights and title to the land remains a taboo topic for many across Canada, but in the small town of Laird, Saskatchewan, an old injustice is providing new opportunities for dialogue, friendship and a fierce determination to right the wrongs of the past.
8. The Way of the Shaman Drum (鼓韵关东)
During the Cultural Revolution in China in the late 20th century, ethnic Manchu people were persecuted and forced to give up such cultural traditions as the shaman dance . However, on Changbai Mountain in Northeast China, a farmer named Guan Yunde decided to start designing and building traditional Manchu shaman drums. At age 70, he is one of a minority of ethnic Manchu people in China's Jilin province, and one of the few people keeping the Manchu shamanic tradition alive.
It has an average vote of 9 on TMDB.
9. Farm'ly Life
A Documentary/Mockumentary that follows the story of Charlie who is passionate for farming.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
10. American Interior
Two men. Two quests. Two centuries apart. Four ways to experience the search for a lost tribe. Film. Book. Album. App.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
11. The Greenhorns
Armed with a camcorder, farmer-filmmaker-activist Severine von Tscharner Fleming spent two years crisscrossing America, meeting and mobilizing a network of revolutionary young farmers resettling the land. 'The Greenhorns' is an ode to their grit and entrepreneurial spirit, an exploration of sustainable agriculture, and an enticement to reclaim our national soil. The ninety minute feature is the culmination of well over 200 hours of original footage from all regions of the United States, as well as original animation by young urban farmer and artist Brooke Budner, and rare agricultural archival footage from the Prelinger Archives. Ultimately, The Greenhorns shows us how farmers can move out of the margins recent history has consigned them to, and back to the heart of the American food landscape.
12. Blueberry Waggle Dance
It's a warm spring night, and the bee cowboys of Prince Edward Island begin rounding up their hives.
13. Cabbage, Potatoes and other Demons (Varzã, cartofi si alti demoni)
1 village, 1.000 tractors, 100.000 tons of cabbages & potatoes each year - which are hardly sold and eventually destroyed. Is there any way out?
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
14. Máxima (Máxima)
A multi-billion-dollar mining project is launched by the American Newmont Mining Corporation and lays claim to the land belonging to Preuvian highlander Máxima Acuña.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
15. Cocalero (Cocalero)
A documentary centered on the union formed by Bolivian farmers in response to their government's effort eradicate coca crops, and the man who would come to represent them, Evo Morales.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
16. Honey Hunters (Lowcy miodu)
"Honey Hunters" is a life story of bees and people. In order to get to the bottom of the mysteries of the life of bees and show them to the audience, the camera enters a contemporary hive and a traditional wild beehive drilled in the trunk of an old tree. It wanders the forests in Poland and Ural, mountains in Nepal and... roofs of Paris and Warsaw. For millions years bees have been laboriously building the natural environment of our planet. These days, they started to die by millions. A programme of wild tree beekeeping reintroduction was launched in Polish forests. It has been an ancient local tradition. Maybe reaching for the past, the original model of coexistence of bees and people, for wild tree beekeeping, can help us to save the bees? After watching “Honey Hunters” everyone wants to have their own beehive and harvest their own honey!
It has an average vote of 9 on TMDB.
17. Sepp Holzer's Secrets of Eden
Filmmaker Claudia Hefner showcases the Kramerterhof, an Alpine estate which Sepp Holzer has transformed from an ordinary farm into a paragon of permaculture. Spectacular aerial photography helps viewers to appreciate the magnificence of the landscape and the efficiency of the property.
18. The Last Pig
An intimate reflection on animal treatment, following ethical pig farmer, Bob Comis, as he contemplates his transition out of raising animals for slaughter.
It has an average vote of 7.25 on TMDB.
19. Audrey of the Alps
The personal story of a young woman in her early 20's who escapes societies expectations and becomes a sheepherder for a summer season.
20. God's Country
In 1979, Louis Malle traveled into the heart of Minnesota to capture the everyday lives of the men and women in a prosperous farming community. Six years later, during Ronald Reagan's second term, he returned to find drastic economic decline. Free of stereotypes about America's "heartland," GOD'S COUNTRY, commissioned for American public television, is a stunning work of emotional and political clarity.
It has an average vote of 7.206 on TMDB.
