An intimate portrait of Black farmers in the American South
Seeds follows Black farmers in the rural American South as they move through the slow and demanding rhythms of agricultural life: planting, harvesting, repairing, waiting. Across seasons, families labor to sustain their generational farms amid financial strain and historic land loss, revealing how ownership, work, and memory shape both daily survival and their uncertain future.
Brittany Shyne’s breakthrough documentary is a deeply felt exploration of the Black farming community. With luminous black-and-white images and an observational approach to camerawork, Shyne transforms the challenges of agricultural life into a lyrical meditation on land, legacy, and perseverance.
“There is no part of Seeds that doesn’t feel like a priceless heirloom, like a window into a critical cultural history that must be maintained or lest be permanently lost.”
Robert Daniels RogerEbert.com 28/02/2025
Grand Jury Award, Sundance Film Festival, 2025, us
Grand Jury Award, Full Frame Film Festival, 2025, us
Best Feature Documentary Awar, Athens International Film + Video Film Festival, 2025, gr
Kirby Walker Documentary Award, San Francisco International Film Festival, 2025, us
Gold Lady Harimaguada Award, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival, 2025, es
Grand Jury Award, Seattle International Film Festival, 2025, us
Best Feature Documentary Award, Newark Black Film Festival, 2025, us
Haskell Wexler Award for Best Cinematography, Woodstock Film Festival, 2025, us
Best Documentary Jury Award, Torino Film Festival, 2025, it
Brittany SHYNE
Brittany Shyne is an Ohio-based independent filmmaker and cinematographer whose work explores everyday life through narrative and nonfiction forms. She holds an MFA from Northwestern University and a BFA from Wright State University, and is an alumna of the Chicken & Egg(celerator) Lab, a Firelight Media Documentary Fellow, and the recipient of the 2021 Artist Disruptor Award from the Center of Cultural Power. Seeds is her debut feature-length film.
