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Shows the pattern of life on a rice farm in Taiwan. Mrs Li, whose husband is a salaried factory worker, participates fully in farming and community activities in addition to her role in supervising the...
The need for a new freshwater fishpond focuses the island community, representatives of the Hong Kong government, and a single entrepreneur on an effort to increase productivity - and economic well-being -...
Set in the southern Peruvian Andes, the film deals with a community of peasant agriculturalists who farm land between 12,000 and 14,000 feet above sea level, and concentrates mainly on a single family. The...
Originally broadcast by Thames Television in 1974, this film shows a year in the life of the Yorkshire farmer Geoffrey Morton and his farm horses. Throughout the programme Morton talks about his way of life...
Loosely based on Ronald Blythe’s book, this film traces three generations of one Suffolk family and their lives in the farming industry. The film features a cast of non-professional actors drawn from the...
The commune system in China and how it works countrywide.
Looks at a precise moment of consciousness of socio-economic agricultural problems faced by eight young fenlanders from Saint-Omer, Pas de Calais, a moment when French farmers were tempted to replace...
Provides a context to examine the complexity of apparently simple ‘primitive’ economies and to demonstrate that change is an integral part of any dynamic way of life not just an unfortunate...
Documentary by Philip Trevelyan about the Page family who live together in a ramshackle house in the Sussex countryside, without gas, electricity or running water. The sons make a living as odd job men and...
Animated film showing how ‘progress’ comes to rural England. Constable’s painting of Willie Lot’s cottage is gradually turned into a super-motorway.
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