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Potatoes

1976 27 min
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This documentary deals with the gradual shift from the family farm to corporation-run farms, with all the ensuing problems and personal hardship. It is an incisive evaluation of what is happening in North American and worldwide agriculture today.

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This documentary deals with the gradual shift from the family farm to corporation-run farms, with all the ensuing problems and personal hardship. It is an incisive evaluation of what is happening in North American and worldwide agriculture today.

  • director
    Robert Lang
  • producer
    Gary Toole
    Roman Bittman
  • executive producer
    Colin Low
  • script
    Gary Toole
  • camera
    Savas Kalogeras
    Andreas Poulsson
  • sound
    John Knight
  • editing
    Robert Lang
    Gary Toole

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