A patient, poetic immersion into the rhythms of Black agricultural life in the American South, this powerful debut documentary is directed and shot by Brittany Shyne, and executive produced by Tessa Thompson.

Shortlisted for the 2026 Academy Award® for Documentary Feature Film and winner of the U.S. Documentary Grand Jury Prize at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, Shyne’s film observes African-American farmers in Georgia with extraordinary intimacy and care. Her luminous black-and-white cinematography captures the textures of daily labor—shelling pecans, repurposing corn cobs for feed, the thunderous passage of a cotton harvester—alongside tender intergenerational moments, including a farmer’s quiet devotion to his great-granddaughter.

As the looming reality of dwindling government support for Black farmers comes into focus, the film becomes both a portrait of resilience and a meditation on legacy. Honoring octogenarian patriarchs fighting to protect century-old homesteads, Shyne crafts a work of rare beauty and urgency – one that listens closely, looks deeply, and preserves stories too often left untold.