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SEEDS
directed by BRITTANY SHYNE
USA / 123 Mins / English
Synopsis:
SEEDS is a portrait of centennial farmers in the geographical south. Using lyrical black and white imagery, this meditative film examines the decline of generational black farmers and the significance of owning land.
Logline:
A look into the lives of Black generational farmers, unveiling the challenges of maintaining legacy and the value of land ownership.
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“A Remarkable Portrait of America’s Oldest Black Farmers and the Resilience They Exhibit” - Indiewire
“Shyne’s feature debut … should establish her as a distinguished chronicler of the African American experience.” - Screen Daily
“A Quietly Stunning Doc Contemplates the Present and Future of Black Farmers” - Hollywood Reporter
“Documentary About Black Farming Preserves a Legacy and Delivers a Eulogy” - The Wrap
"While “stunning directorial debut” is an overused description that seldom lives up to the Sundance hype, in the case of Brittany Shyne’s Seeds it’s also quite precise” - Filmmaker Magazine
“Brittany Shyne on Her Doc ‘Seeds’ and Paying Homage to the Legacy of Black Farmers in the American South” - Variety
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Brittany Shyne is an independent filmmaker working in the narrative and nonfiction art forms. Recipient of the 2021 Artist Disruptor Award from the Center of Cultural Power, Shyne has worked as a cinematographer on The Debutantes (2024 Tribeca Festival) and the Academy Award–winning film American Factory (2019 Sundance Film Festival).
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2025
World Premiere: Sundance Film Festival, USA (U.S. Documentary Competition - Winner Grand Jury Prize)
True/False Film Fest, USA
International Premiere: Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, Greece
CPH:DOX, Denmark
Yellow Springs Mini Fest, USA
Cleveland Int. Film Festival, USA
Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival, USA
Full Frame Festival, USA - Winner Grand Jury Prize
The Athens International Film and Video Festival, USA - Winner Best Feature Documentary Award
Asia Premiere: Hong Kong IFF, USA
RiverRun International Film Festival, USA - Winner Best Director of a Documentary Feature
San Francisco International Film Festival, USA - Winner Kirby Walker Documentary Award
Ashland Independent Film Festival, USA - Winner Visionary Lens Award
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival, Spain - Winner Gold Lady Harimaguada Award / CIMA Award
Austin Film Society's Doc Days, USA
NY Premiere: Margaret Mead Film Festival, USA
Munich Int'l Doc FF - DOK.fest Munchen, Germany
Dayton Black Womens Film Festival, USA
Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), USA
Beldocs International Documentary Film Festival, Serbia
Tarifa|Tangier African Film Festival-FCAT, Spain
Intl. Film Festival Innsbruck, Austria
LATAM Premiere: Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara, Mexico
Provincetown Film Festival, USA
DC/DOX, USA
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Year: 2025
Country: USA
Length: 123 mins
World Premiere: Sundance FF 2025
Director: Brittany Shyne
Producer: Danielle Varga, Sabrina Schmidt Gordon
Cinematographer: Brittany Shyne
Editor: Malika Zouhali-Worrall
Music: Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe
Sound Designer: Daniel Timmons, Ben Kruse
Executive Producer: Leslie Fields-Cruz, Maida Lynn
BRITTANY SHYNE
