After Winter, Spring

PRESENTED BY: Beacon Hill Meaningful Movies
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7:00 PM, Friday, April 15, 2016 PST
Location: Beacon Hill (click for map)

A portrait of one family farm in France and the challenge it faces.

Their story is recorded by one of their neighbors, an American filmmaker who grew up on her family’s farm in Pennsylvania. Inter-weaving her story and theirs, the film explores the nature of the farming life and the changes, over the last 60 years, that impact the lives of families whose survival is tied to the land. As each of the farmer’s stories unfolds, we see their individual responses to change…the losses and the surprising adaptations.

The Périgordine farmers show us that as agriculture moves out of the hands of families who have farmed for generations and into a model of “agriculture as business,” something fundamental shifts. This farming community caught between tradition and an uncertain future struggles to hold on not only to their farms but to a set of values that comes of their intimate relationship with the natural world. AFTER WINTER, SPRING reveals the human story of family farming at a turning point in history.

Special Guests: Seattle Farmers Market Alliance

Sponsors: Joe McKinistry Construction  www.jmcc.com Beacon Arts  www.beacon-arts.org

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/afterwinterspring

Release Year: 2013

Running Time: 74 minutes

Director: Judith Lit

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