Ealing Picturehouse is excited to be hosting this Green Screen of Common Ground film next Monday 11 November, at 19.30. Followed by an exclusive pre-recorded Q&A from US Earth Day. Common Ground is a hopeful and uplifting story of the pioneers of the “Regenerative Movement”. It gives a sustainable future for arable farm land.
On on Monday 11 November after Common Ground, Picturehouse invites everyone to continue the conversation after the film. Come to the cinema’s bar or cafe – enjoy a free tea or filter coffee when you bring a keep cup!
These UK wide screenings of Common Ground ahead of COP 29 are presented by Ecologi, The Uk Green Film Network & Picturehouse Green Screen. All sites are screening the film followed by an exclusive pre-recorded Q&A.
Power of Regenerative farming systems in US
Common Ground is a hopeful and uplifting story of the pioneers of the “Regenerative Movement”. They produce tremendous quantities of nutritionally dense food by working to balance the climate. This is done while bringing our entire ecosystem back to life.
The film explores how Americans from different walks of life, different political backgrounds, and different parts of the country share one thing in common –the very soil beneath their feet. The film investigates the power of “regenerative” farming systems. From large to small-scale farmers who are the champions of soil health as the key to unlocking more (and healthier) food to feed America and the world.
Regenerative farming as the Wildlife trust explains a phrase has been used since the 1980s, but in the last 10 years that it has gained a higher profile and a far bigger following. Regenerative farming is an approach to farming that, in theory, allows the land, the soil, water, nutrients, and natural assets to regenerate themselves. This is opposed to conventional approaches to farming that can deplete these natural resources.
Cast includes: Laura Dern, Rosario Dawson, Jason Mamoa, Woody Harrelson, Ian Somerhalder and Donald Glover.
Regenerative farming in the UK
This year two inspirational films on a sustainable future for arable farm land in the UK are available and also worth watching.
Ealing Picturehouse also screened Six inches of Soil and is available on streaming platforms. Six inches of soil is an inspirational stories of young British farmers standing up against the industrial food system. These young farmers transform the way they produce food, to heal the soil, our health and provide for local communities. Given that approximately 178,000 farmers work in the UK and manage 71% of the UK’s land, these farms provide half of the food we eat.
Wilding tells the story of a young couple that bets on nature for the future of their failing, four-hundred-year-old Knepp estate. The young couple battles entrenched tradition, and dares to place the fate of their farm in the hands of nature. Ripping down the fences, they set the land back to the wild and entrust its recovery to a motley mix of animals both tame and wild. It is the beginning of a grand experiment that will become one of the most significant rewilding experiments in Europe. This is gardening for biodiversity on a grand scale. Visit Knepp and find inspiration for your own regenerative steps to sustainability!
Green Screen at Picturehouse
Green Screen is a community-led space to discuss the environmental issues raised in the films we show. Everyone can continue the conversation after the film in the cinema’s bar or cafe – enjoy a free tea or filter coffee when you bring a keep cup!
FILM CLUB films are £1 for members and £8 General Admission.
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