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120 ACRES: AN AMERICAN FARM
A documentary film by JOHN HELDE
Featuring music by TRUCKSTOP SOUVENIR
Special preview roughcut screening
Made possible by Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs and 4 Culture
Come join us for a special work-in-progress screening of a new documentary film by John Helde, and stay for a discussion with the filmmaker.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
4 PM
Northwest Film Forum
1515 12th Ave, Seattle 98122
www.nwfilmforum.org
$5
Open to the public
120 ACRES: AN AMERICAN FARM
In 1909, filmmaker John Helde's great-grandfather purchased 120 acres of Iowa farmland. Today, the farm's third-generation tenants, the Swansons, swim against the modern tide of mega-farms. 120 ACRES follows the Swansons through an economic downturn, exploring their challenges and dreams against the backdrop of a shifting Midwest community. Helde encounters a cast of determined and individualistic characters as he tries to unravel where that American icon - the family farm - is headed in the twenty-first century.
photographed, written and directed by John Helde
edited by Ross Laing
featuring music by Truckstop Souvenir
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