Seeds of Change, Breaking Free from the Prison Food Machine

“a complex piece of narrative-building, such an elevated work.”

Nick Callanan | Festival Director – Maine Outdoor Film Festival

Big Sky Documentary Film Festival Official Selection Seeds of Change
Santa Fe International Film Festival Official Selection Seeds of Change
Best Documentary Short: Lessons of Hope SCAD Savannah Film Festival Seeds of Change
Cleveland International Film Festival - Winner - Seeds of Change
American Documentary and Animation Film Festival Official Selection Seeds of Change
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival Official Selection Seeds of Change
Cleveland International Film Festival Official Selection Seeds of Change
Best Documentary Short: Lessons of Hope SCAD Savannah Film Festival Seeds of Change
Santa Fe International Film Festival Official Selection Seeds of Change
American Documentary and Animation Film Festival Official Selection Seeds of Change

An organic farmer in Maine sets out to transform the prison food system.

A film by Maximilian Armstrong | 27 minutes
 
Filmed over the course of two-years, Seeds of Change chronicles the intersecting stories of lifelong farmer Mark McBrine and several incarcerated men as they grow their own food on a five-acre prison garden unlike any other.
 
In a place where life is routinely defined by shame and despair, good food can be a gateway to meaning, wellness, and dignity. This is a story about the power of using organic agriculture as a means to reform our food systems and change the course of people’s lives.

“I am proud of this work…Seeds of Change is fundamentally a story of hope.”

Governor Janet Mills | Maine

Watch the PBS trailer

Play Video about Seeds of Change Banner - three hands reach into the air holding vegetables. The center hand has barbed wire circling up it and blooming into ivy. Festival laurels adorn the poster. At the bottom is a tagline that reads, "food can be poison, or it can be medicine.

Awards

Best Documentary Short: Lessons of Hope | SCAD Savannah Film Festival

Best Maine Film | Maine Outdoor Film Festival

Best Short Feature | Maine Outdoor Film Festival 

Audience Choice Award: Best Documentary Short | Woods Hole Film Festival

Audience Choice Award: Best Documentary Short | Anchorage International Film Festival

Audience Choice Award: Best Documentary Short | Arlington International Film Festival

Human Rights Award | Mystic Film Festival

The Tom and Ginny Knoll Family Award: In Celebration of Acts of Kindness | Cleveland International Film Festival

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