It’s Not Always Cloudy

Windbreaks on the Prairies

January 1943 •English

This short film serves as a cautionary tale to farmers who recklessly cut down trees on their land. When prairie farmers engaged in this practice to facilitate plowing, they discovered that the trees had served as windbreaks protecting top soil from erosion. The Dominion Department of Agriculture's experimental station at Indian Head, Saskatchewan, cultivated acres of young trees for distribution to farmers.

The Law of the Land - Alentejo 1976

March 1978 •Portuguese

The agriculture reforming process, after the 1974 revolution, is seen through an analysis of the social structures and class struggles of the Portuguese society.

冰血长津湖

June 2011 •Chinese

The Seeds of Vandana Shiva

November 2021 •English

How did the willful daughter of a Himalayan forest conservator become Monsanto’s worst nightmare? The Seeds of Vandana Shiva tells the remarkable life story of Gandhian eco-activist Dr. Vandana Shiva, how she stood up to the corporate Goliaths of industrial agriculture, rose to prominence in the regenerative food movement, and inspired an international crusade for change.

První žně pětiletky

January 1949 •Czech

Víťazstvo na pustatine

January 1949 •Slovak

Jednotné roľnícke družstvá budujú

December 1950 •Slovak

Document about the achievements of unified agricultural cooperatives in Slovakia. In the form of an excursion, he takes the viewer around individual cooperatives in order to convince him of the success of new working methods in agriculture.

The Milk System

September 2017 •German

Milk is Big Business. Behind the innocent appearances of the white stuff lies a multi-billion euro industry, which perhaps isn't so innocent…

Generální zkouška

December 1950 •Czech

Document about the experiences of peasants from the first joint harvests of the unified agricultural cooperative in Vinařice.

Príbeh Jána Kováča

December 1950 •Slovak

Agitka about a peasant who joined a unified agricultural cooperative when he became convinced of the benefits it provides.

Náš vzor

December 1950 •Czech

A film about the experiences that Czechoslovak peasants gained on a study trip to the Soviet Union.

Oslobodená dedina

January 1949 •Slovak

Spoločnou silou

December 1950 •Slovak

Documentary film about the advantages of joint farming in unified agricultural cooperatives.

Do žatvy – spoločne!

December 1950 •Slovak

A film about new forms of agricultural production in Slovakia.

Žně míru

December 1950 •Czech

Documentary about the harvest of 1950 conceived as a celebration of the joint work of Czechoslovak cooperatives.

Dirt! The Movie

August 2009 •English

A look at man's relationship with Dirt. Dirt has given us food, shelter, fuel, medicine, ceramics, flowers, cosmetics and color --everything needed for our survival. For most of the last ten thousand years we humans understood our intimate bond with dirt and the rest of nature. We took care of the soils that took care of us. But, over time, we lost that connection. We turned dirt into something "dirty." In doing so, we transform the skin of the earth into a hellish and dangerous landscape for all life on earth. A millennial shift in consciousness about the environment offers a beacon of hope - and practical solutions.

Anais Goes to War

April 2014 •French

Anaïs is 24 and nothing can stop her. Neither the bureaucratic rules of administration, nor the misogynistic teachers, nor the out-of-order tractor, nor the whims of the weather. One day she will be a farmer and grow her own aromatic and medicinal herbs. The film follows this hard liner, all alone against the rest of the world. She doesn’t care.

Solidarność: How Solidarity Changed Europe

October 2019 •German

Gdańsk, Poland, September 1980. Lech Wałęsa and other Lenin shipyard workers found Solidarność (Solidarity), the first independent trade union behind the Iron Curtain. The long and hard battle to bring down communist dictatorship has begun.

Tractor Wars: Ferguson vs Ford

September 2022 •English

Patrick Kielty explores the untold story of Harry Ferguson and Henry's Ford's remarkable handshake agreement and how it led to a $250 million lawsuit.

Škůdce

January 1949 •Czech