Occupy the Farm

Name: Occupy the Farm
Genre: Documentary
Released: November 7, 2014
Duration: 90 min

2014

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| Release Date: November 7, 2014 | Not Rated

Summary: On Earth Day April 22, 2012, a couple hundred urban farmers marched onto ten plus acres of fallow farmland and the site of a former agricultural research center known as the Gill Tract. The farmers hoped to stop development of a shopping mall and condo complex on the site of the former research station, and de-rail plans that threatened toOn Earth Day April 22, 2012, a couple hundred urban farmers marched onto ten plus acres of fallow farmland and the site of a former agricultural research center known as the Gill Tract. The farmers hoped to stop development of a shopping mall and condo complex on the site of the former research station, and de-rail plans that threatened to remove the class one agricultural land from farming. The activists brought with them 16,000 seedlings, roto tillers, shovels and tents. Within a few hours, they’d planted an acre of vegetables, put up a big banner that read: Occupy the Farm, and set up a tent village to defend the crops.… Expand

Director: Todd Darling

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 90 min

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Ernest Hardy

Nov 13, 2014

The film is riveting from the start, with its ragtag multiculti heroines and heroes meshing multiple identity markers (activist, academic, refurbished hippie), often within individual selves. Read full review

Michael Rechtshaffen

Nov 17, 2014

Darling's documentary is garden-variety filmmaking, but it does an effective job in illustrating how years of fiscal crises have forced academia and industry to forge alliances that once would have been considered unlikely. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Nov 13, 2014

Rather than present an evenhanded assessment of the issues at stake, the director, Todd Darling, is so busy fist-pumping for urban farming — and so dazzled by his granola heroes — that naysayers must be demeaned and denigrated. Read full review

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