Film Premiere: AMERICAN HEMP FARMER
Doug Fine’s Debut Feature Film, AMERICAN HEMP FARMER, premieres at the 24th Annual Santa Fe Film Festival, and You’re Invited
I feel so lucky that the "work” side of my life continues to evolve into new media. Coming in from some chicken wrangling and hummingbird dodging this morning, I got the thrilling news that my first feature film, AMERICAN HEMP FARMER, has its World Premiere date at the 24th Annual Santa Fe Film Festival:
AMERICAN HEMP FARMER World Premiere
Thursday, April 25, 8 p.m.
24th Annual Santa Fe Film Festival
Tickets at: https://addmi.com/e/american-hemp-farmer-NuH5_GwMCZcA8zWLkOX
Premiering at the Rolling Still Picture House, part of Santa Fe’s historic Jean Cocteau Cinema (and owned by none other than George R.R. Martin). Q and A to follow film. Advance ticket purchase suggested.
This film asks, “Who Says Saving the World Can’t Be a Blast?”
Synopsis:
After a wildfire nearly turns his family (and goats) into refugees on their remote New Mexico ranch, former suburbanite Doug Fine sets out to discover food security around the world via hemp and other crops. Host Fine then follows three digital age farming families for a year as they attempt to grow a healthy crop and business while fighting climate change. Who says saving the world can't be a blast?
There's one thing that every human being on this planet shares: the need for a habitable planet. Suburbanite-turned-hemp-farmer-and-goat-herder Doug Fine learns from the world’s oldest hemp farmer and them teaches newlyweds how to become a digital age farmer. In between, he travels from Native American tribal lands to George Washington’s Mount Vernon and back home to his Funky Butte Ranch in New Mexico, sharing his hard-won regenerative hemp farming expertise with his family and the world.
With extreme climate events putting his family in danger, Fine says, "I'm telling these stories because the well-being of your family and mine might depend on it.”
This wild, funny film is about food security, family wellness and having fun along the way. In fact, Fine says, “becoming a regenerative farmer or supporting them in your community is the most fun you can have outside the bedroom.”
I can hardly contain my joy that the world gets to see this labor of love! (Though what isn’t a labor of love, hopefully.) Hope to see you there.
For folks not in range of the mountain Southwest, please keep your eyes open for further news on the film, both at https://DougFine.com, (on the events page) and/or on Instagram, @Organiccowboy. Meanwhile, you can also find more of my work at DougFine.com including my books, ebooks, event booking contact, and event schedule. Also there you can also register for these free Dispatches From the Funky Butte Ranch and see journalism from five continents and media appearances including Conan and the Tonight Show. Thanks as always for your support.