DAY 3 - SUNDAY
April 14, 2024
Join us for tasty breakfast treats, and inspirational talk by Scott Chaskey and 2 great shorts!
11:00 Breakfast treats
11:45 Talk by Scott Chaskey
12:00 Film: The Soul of a Farmer
Q&A with Patty Gentry & Isabella Rossellini
12:45 Film: KELP!
Zoom Q/A with Director Caylon Mantia
THE SOUL OF A FARMER
Director/Producer/Editor: Roger Sherman
35 min
The Soul of A Farmer shadows Patty Gentry, a former chef, as she battles to earn a living on her three-acre Early Girl Farm on Long Island. Isabella Rossellini, from whom Patty rents her land tells us, “Patty is the Picasso of vegetables!”
KELP!
Directors: Anna Roberts & Caylon La Mantia
32 min
Under the looming shadow of ecological breakdown, a young aspiring filmmaker goes in search of a surprising super-solution that can help build a better future for humans and the planet. Join her and the crew on an epic visual journey aboard the good ship Gleaner through Britain's rugged coastline, as they discover the power of Kelp to regenerate our coasts, and empower communities.
Soil & Spirit...
As a farmer with decades spent working in fields, Scott Chaskey has been shapred by daily attention to the earth. Even while planning rotations of fields, ordering seeds, tending to crops and their ecosystems, Chaskey was writing. His newest book is a collection of essays written from the perspective as farmer and poet. Come hear his inspiring words.
Thank you to our Docs Equinox Sponsors
• Whitney’s Landscaping • Robins Island Foundation • Wainscott Farms
• Equinox • Stephane Samuel & Robert M. Rubin • Marders
• Land Rover Southampton • Tee & Charles Addams Foundation
• South Fork Animal Hospital • Edible East End
