Green Film Festival presents:
HARVEST

Sondheimer, Louisiana. Population: 200. Tucked into the northeastern corner of the state, this rural enclave is home to the Nelson brothers — four young, ambitious, fourth-generation commodity farmers who dream of becoming the biggest farmers in the United States.

We meet them in the midst of fall harvest. It has been a brutal year: drought has decimated the soybean crop, equipment breakdowns have caused repeated setbacks, and the Nelsons are nearly out of funds. After a second straight year of poor returns, and with neighboring farms shuttering around them, the Nelsons know they cannot afford a third.

Then, as the new year begins, an unexpected opportunity arrives: the local school board offers to lease them 1,200 additional acres. Combined with their existing 2,800 acres, it is more land than they have ever farmed. But with climate change, equipment failures, rising costs, biblical flooding, and mounting tensions between the brothers, the stakes have never been higher. For the Nelsons, this season will be make-or-break: will their determination carry them through, or will their ambition undo them?

Directed by an award winning mother, Natalie Baszile (author of "Queen Sugar") and daughter (Hyacinth Parker) team.

Q&A with filmmaker expected after the screening.
Co-presented by SFFILM.

Forget the guilt trip, the Green Film Festival of San Francisco, the mischievous, tree-hugging cousin of the 29 year old SF IndieFest, returns Oct 15-22 to prove that saving the planet doesn't have to feel like homework. We've ditched the doom-and-gloom documentaries that make you want to crawl under a (sustainably sourced) blanket and never come out. The line-up this year pairs sharp environmental storytelling with wit, weirdness, and unapologetic irreverence. And yes, our Eco-Horror midnight movie is back!

Whether you’re an eco-curious cinephile or a die-hard activist, come join in the fun because if we're going to talk about the end of the world as we know it, we might as well laugh, gasp, and maybe even dance a little on the way there. Through this experience the festival hopes audiences can begin to engage with sustainable solutions to the problems facing the planet.