Q&A with “The Honest Work of Farming” director Rickie Ross and subject Austin Williams.
Doc Shorts Programming sponsored by Barry & Jackie Albrecht and Pat Scallet
Environmental Focus sponsored by Ward & Carol Klein

Blue Frontier
Directed by
Ivan Milosavljević
An elderly fisherman has spent his entire life searching for the biggest fish that the blue Danube hides, attempting to lure the river giant using an ancient practice of clapping on the river surface with a hand-carved piece of wood.
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The Honest Work of Farming
Directed by
Rickie Ross
A chronicle of the life of a Missouri farmer and his family as they learn the art of regenerative agriculture.
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Jacob's Ladder
Directed by
Rupert Clague
2019
7 minutes
English & Spanish
The rare Peruvian plant toé creates intense, lucid dreams, and this film — made on location in the Amazon jungle under the guidance of Werner Herzog — transports viewers into this phantasmagorical realm.
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Susana
Directed by
Laura Gamse
Former slaughterhouse worker Susana returns to the scene at night to care for animals on their way to the kill floor.
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Then Comes the Evening
Directed by
Maja Novaković
A portrait of two grannies — who are intimately connected both to each other and to nature — as they go about their everyday life as herders in the isolated hills of Eastern Bosnia.
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The Toxic Pigs of Fukushima
Directed by
Otto Bell
2019
35 minutes
English & Japanese
Following the nuclear-plant meltdown in Fukushima, irradiated wild boars roam the abandoned streets and buildings, and hunters are recruited to dispose of the toxic pigs.
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The Women and the Sea
Directed by
Camila Guarda
2019
14 minutes
Spanish
Two women navigate life and death at sea in a remote Chilean fishing village.
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