Join us for the screening of Seeds at White Feather Farm, Thursday, October 16th at 7:00pm.
This stunningly poetic, black-and-white portrait follows African American Centennial farmers fighting to hold on to their land and legacy in the rural South. With intertwined storylines anchored by a 142-year-old farm in Thomasville, Georgia, this Sundance U.S. Documentary winner traces their fight with the U.S. Department of Agriculture while honoring their resilience with humor, community, and sometimes heartbreak. Through Shyne's monochrome lens, Seeds invites us to consider what it takes to stay rooted and the true nature of legacy.
Brittany Shyne is an independent filmmaker based in Dayton, Ohio whose work seeks to depict the complexity of everyday life by examining themes of personal histories, alienation, and cultural modernization. She was the recipient of the 2021 Artist Disruptor Award from the Center of Cultural Power, and Seeds is her first feature documentary.
Tickets:
$25 per person
ABOUT THE FILM:
To sow good seeds is to plant possibility. Brittany Shyne’s Seeds is a stunningly poetic, black-and-white portrait of African American Centennial farmers fighting to hold on to their land and legacy in the rural South. With intertwined storylines anchored by a 142-year-old farm in Thomasville, Georgia, this Sundance U.S. Documentary winner has established itself as the gold standard in longitudinal observational filmmaking. “Farming is the backbone of the world,” says one farmer, “that’s who feeds the people.”
As the number of Black farmers dwindles due to systemic barriers and broken promises, Seeds traces their fight with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and honors their resilience with humor, community, and sometimes heartbreak. Filmed by Shyne herself, the monochrome lens heightens every gesture of resilience, reminding us that cultivating land is also an act of cultivating hope. Seeds invites us to consider what it takes to stay rooted and the true nature of legacy. – Jessica Edwards
ABOUT THE FILMMAKER:
Brittany Shyne is an independent filmmaker based in Dayton, Ohio. Working in the narrative and non-fiction artform, her work seeks to depict the complexity of everyday life by examining themes such as personal histories, alienation and cultural modernization. Her films lyrically weave together frameworks of race, class, culture, identity and family lineage. Shyne was the recipient of the 2021 Artist Disruptor Award from the Center of Cultural Power. Her film Seeds is her first feature documentary.