Shot in gorgeous black and white, director Brittany Shyne creates an intimate and beautiful documentary about Black farmers in the American South, their legacy and challenges ahead. Shyne’s miraculous and dreamlike debut won the U.S. Documentary Grand Jury Prize at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.

A century ago, Black farmers owned and worked over 16 million acres of land in the South, most driven away through oppressive laws. Unable to access the same federal monies that white farmers may receive, Black farmers struggle against nearly every challenge, and the few that remain are determined to hand this legacy down to their children. Shyne’s directorial debut is a poetic and moving tribute to these incredible farmers, and she gets up close, reveling in the little details of their lives.