Boone The Final Year in the Life of a Small Goat Farm
A quietly observational homage to a disappearing way of life, BOONE is an immersive documentary that captures the final year in the life of a small goat farm in Southern Oregon.
Breathtakingly photographed, the film intimately documents the lives of farm founder Mookie Moss (a child of the the family who founded Greenpeace) and fellow farmers Dana and Zac as they work relentlessly, sunrise to sundown - a cacophony of babies being born, milking goats, and brief moments of resolve - in order to sustain the fragile balance needed to support the land and animals they care for deeply.
Official Selection at SXSW Film Festival. Winner of the Special Jury Prize for Creative Vision at the Portland Film Festival.
"A remarkable cinema verite look at hyperlocal agriculture, it strips away the romance from farming and gives us something a lot more interesting in its place." - IDA Magazine
Running Time
75 mins
Year
2016
Kanopy ID
4090631
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