Fresh Docs film screening: "Farmsteaders"

The Center for Documentary Studies and the Southern Documentary Fund present another free screening in their Fresh Docs work-in-progress series; after the screenings, the filmmaker(s) interacts with the audience for feedback.

FARMSTEADERS follows Appalachian prodigal son Nick Nolan, who is working against the odds to resurrect the family dairy farm. Nick, his wife Celeste, and their young family are fighting to keep this homeland from "drying up and blowing away," something that has happened to about 4.7 million farms in the U.S. over the past 50 years. The pressures of corporate-driven food have left deep scars in the region.

Over the span of five years, we see life unfold as the Nolans cultivate the grit and humor they need to survive as a sustainable farm in a rural food desert. FARMSTEADERS points an honest and tender lens at the beauty and hardship of everyday life, while Nick's poetic reflections weave the golden thread of his inner world throughout the scenes.

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