Agriculture Movies

In California’s Central Valley, tucked between the county jail and the shooting range, 100 Mexican-American farmworking families live, love and...

A group of young men kidnaps a politician-gangster, who is awaiting the results of an election. What are they after?

The story of the children who work 12-14 hour days in the fields without the protection of child labor laws. These children are not toiling in the...

For ancient Mayans, cocoa was as good as gold. For subsistence farmer Eladio Pop, his cocoa crops are the only riches he has to support his wife and...

This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short tells the story of Mark Carleton, a worker for the USDA who travels across the world trying to...

A fascinating compilation of scenes showing diversity and disparity in 1940s China. The ancient Forbidden City and Great Wall are followed by...

A look at man's relationship with Dirt. Dirt has given us food, shelter, fuel, medicine, ceramics, flowers, cosmetics and color --everything needed...

The drought in the American West is predicted to be the worst in 1,000 years. Join five Academy Award-winning filmmakers as they explore the...

Pajo is a hardworking, lonely but also very rich farmer. His son Toma was, however, bored with country life and tried to seek fortune in the city....

This film explores food sustainability, how farmers' markets build community, and why local food matters. Filmmaker Dr. Benjamin Garner is an...

In barely a century, French peasants have seen their world profoundly turned upside down. While they once made up the vast majority of the country,...

This documentary exposes the massive public health dangers of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The film features the world's leading...

The plight of small-scale farmers in Africa and Asia forced off their land by an unprecedented corporate land grab. If they refuse they are subject...

This portait of life on the tea plantations is decidedly rosy – clearly, there are no exploited workers here. However, the film provides an...

A short documentary film that showcases Hackney City Farm in East London.

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

Documentary short subject preserved by the Academy Film Archive, from the Marshall Plan Collection, in 2003.

Brazil is one of the most dangerous countries for environmentalists. The rural community of Belisário holds the country's second largest...