Film Night: LOOK & SEE
Description
A Portrait of Wendell Berry
a Prophet for Rural America
Wendell Berry is a writer, poet, teacher, farmer, and outspoken citizen of an endangered world, who gives us a compelling vision of the good and true life. A fierce and caring critic of American culture and a long-time trusted guide for those seeking a better, healthier, saner world, he has farmed a hillside in his native Henry County, Kentucky, together with his wife, for more than forty years.
Filmed across four seasons in the farming cycle, LOOK & SEE blends observational scenes of farming life, interviews with farmers and community members with evocative, carefully framed shots of the surrounding landscape. Thus, in the spirit of Berry’s agrarian philosophy, Henry County itself will emerge as a character in the film - a place and a landscape that is deeply interdependent with the people that inhabit it.
LOOK & SEE revolves around the divergent stories of several residents of Henry County, Kentucky who each face difficult choices that will dramatically reshape their relationship with the land and their community.
Q&A moderated by Justin Gabaldon after the film. Justin is the Vice Grand of our Odd Fellows lodge and an active member of the Film Committee. He is also a teacher of media, animation, and computer science at A. P. Giannini Middle School, an independent cartoonist, and a long-time student of Mr. Berry’s work. As a bonus to the evening’s screening of LOOK & SEE , guests will also have access to Justin’s collection of books by Mr. Berry.
Enjoy this conversation with Bill Moyers on Wendell Berry’s Hope for Humanity.