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Brookford Farm launches their Outdoor Film Series this Saturday, June 4th — bring a lawn chair or blanket, treat yourself to a frozen yogurt and enjoy a summer evening at the farm!

Brookford Farm Outdoor Film Series:

“The Plow That Broke the Plains” & “The Greenhorns”

On the Farm at 278 Sligo Rd, Rollinsford, NH

Saturday, June 4, 2011 (Rain date: June 5th)

9 p.m.

Free and open to the public

This summer, we’re delighted to invite you to the farm for a film series which will feature agriculturally-themed documentaries from around the world. We begin in June with two American films, one from the present day, and one from the Dust Bowl era. In July and August, we present films from France and Thailand.

The Plow That Broke the Plains (1936) is a short documentary film which shows what happened to the Great Plains region of the United States when uncontrolled agricultural farming led to the Dust Bowl. It was written and directed by Pare Lorentz. The Greenhorns documentary film explores the lives of America’s young farming community, and shows how a new generation of young agrarians farm with their brains as well as their bodies. These greenhorns are working to reverse negative trends in agriculture in favor of healthy food, local and regional foodsheds, and the revitalization of rural economies, one farm at a time. Directed by farmer/ activist Severine von Tscharner Fleming. Watch a trailer of The Plow That Broke the Plains [2] here, and The Greenhorns [3] here. Screened with permission of the Greenhorns.

All films will be screened in the backyard of 278 Sligo Road, the red house between two hills about a mile south of the [4] Farm Store, but you should park about a quarter-mile before you get to the house, at the gray tunnel barn across the street from a gray house. Bring lawn chairs, blankets, and whatever you’ll need to be comfortable at an outdoor event. We’ll have frozen yogurt and other treats for purchase at the screening.

This is a free event – rain date June 5th.

For more information: [5] www.brookfordfarm.com.