TRUCK FARM (50')
GENRE: DOCUMENTARY
DIRECTED BY IAN CHENEY
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TRUCK FARM is a whimsical documentary about the wild world
of urban agriculture, as told through the journeys of a
1986 Dodge pickup that has been transformed into a mobile
garden. Using green roof technology, heirloom seeds, and
Granddad's old pickup, filmmaker and KING CORN co-creator
Ian Cheney used the only land he had to grow vegetables in
America's biggest city. From its home in Brooklyn, the
Truck Farm heads out across the city to meet urban farms
and the bold farmers, taking viewers on rooftops, barges,
old ball fields and into Manhattan art studios to explore
why city people are getting back to the land... Or at
least to farming! Can New Yorkers really learn to feed
itself?
We meet a rooftop farmer growing 6,000
square feet of produce atop an old warehouse; young
volunteers from the projects converting an old baseball
diamond into a 3-acre farm; a raft of engineers turning an
old floating barge into an autonomous edible garden; and
an artist who invented hanging hydroponic window gardens
for her Manhattan studio. Together, these moments capture
the innovative optimism that embodies urban agriculture
everywhere.
But when the truck farm falls victim to
several unexpected attacks, the future of urban
agriculture is called into question, and the truck farm
must come to terms with the realities of feeding a hungry
world.
With playful animation featuring a cast
of Victorian-era characters and blending serious
exposition with serious silliness, TRUCK FARM entreats
viewers to consider whether sustainability needs a dose of
fun and whimsy to be truly sustainable. And with the
occasional comical, musical narration by Brooklyn's The
Fishermen Three, Truck Farm is the story of how food for
tomorrow will sprout in unexpected places.
More information at: http://truck-farm.com
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