Volume 6, 2008
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Fridays at the Farm
Filmmaker and new father Richard Hoffman uses over 20,000 still images to take us on a journey of discovery inside a community-supported organic farm and the direct relationship it has on his new family. This essay of words and images explores the intimate relationships created when a farmer plants a seed, a grower supplies a consumer, and a father has a child. This poetic investigation of where our food comes from is an empowering look at life found on the farm.

19 minutes, directed by Richard Power Hoffman

Pollen Nation
The relationship between man and honeybees goes back centuries to our agricultural beginnings.  Every third bite of food on your plate depends solely on the determination of these busy workers.  Travel with a family of beekeepers from Minnesota to California and take a look at the industrialization of the honeybee.  What’s happening and why is the honeybee disappearing?

25 minutes, directed by Singeli Agnew and Joshua Fisher

Coffee To Go
At the core of our ability to make change is how we decide to spend our hard-earned dollars.  Buying a cuppa’ joe may seem like a very simple personal decision, but Coffee To Go quickly shows how our decisions can potentially have drastic effects on poor farmers, their communities and the countries in which our coffee is grown. What exactly is fair trade and how does the simple act of making informed choices when we shop for groceries help bring about a more equitable, sustainable and truly fair exchange between consumer and producer? Through moving interviews, informative stories and anecdotes we learn how to discern a truly great cup of coffee and how to spend our money wisely.

24 minutes, directed by Anne Macksoud and John Ankele

FLOW: For Love of Water
Official selection of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, this documentary is an in-depth look into the troubling privatization and distribution of water on a world-wide scale. Profiling water issues from the US to India and from Europe to Africa, this film delves into the complexities of water and its various networks.  Who has the right to decide what happens to this vital resource and what does the future look like? How can we positively affect water’s ebb and flow to ensure its availability for future generations?  This film proclaims that the 21^st century is the century for the common people and suggests solutions that are available to all of us. Learn how the billion dollar answers are not always the best…and how simple (and sometimes ancient) solutions can bring about tremendous life-sustaining change.

1 hour, 22 minutes, directed by Irena Salina

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