Jordan's moving and intimate profile of her close-knit and stubbornly optimistic Iowa farming family, whose bank debts force them to sell off their belongings and abandon the homestead. A beautifully nuanced and sweetly elegiac portrait of American agrarianism. Very highly recommended. Academy Award Nominations: Best Feature Documentary.

Jeanne Jordan's moving and intimate profile of her close-knit and stubbornly optimistic Iowa farming family, whose bank debts force them to sell off their belongings and abandon the homestead. A beautifully nuanced and sweetly elegiac portrait of American agrarianism. Very highly recommended. Academy Award Nominations: Best Feature Documentary.

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Audio:
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"...This elegiac look at the evanescence of home can bring tears to your eyes..."
"...A film as beautiful as it is heartbreaking, suspenseful and finally affirming..."