Hybrid
Hybrid
HYBRID is a documentary about Milford Beeghly, a radical farmer in the 1930’s who pioneered the process of genetically enhanced crops – considered a madman, this documentary is an astonishing portrait of one man’s obsessive vision with plants.
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SYNOPSIS
HYBRID is a documentary about Milford Beeghly, a radical farmer in the 1930’s who pioneered the process of genetically enhanced crops – considered a madman, this documentary is an astonishing portrait of one man’s obsessive vision with plants. The film balances the science of farming with the sad neglect of Milford’s family. The director uses actual 16 mm footage from the 1930’s, animated sequences and interview footage with Milford himself (who is larger than life) from his final years.
TECH SPECS
Runtime: 92 min.
Format: 1:66 Flat (16 MM)
Sound: Ultra Stereo
Rating: PG 13
Genre: Documentary, Experimental
Language: English
Country: USA
Website: http://www.latentfilms.com
CAST & CREW
Directed by: Monteith McCollum
Starring: Milford Beeghly, Alice Beeghly, Weyland Beeghly
AWARDS, FESTIVALS, PUBLICITY
INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARD WINNER, Someone to Watch Award
• Grand Jury Prize of Best Feature: Slamdance Film Festival
• Grand Jury Prize of Best Feature: South by Southwest Film Festival
• Grand Jury Prize of Best Feature: San Francisco Film Festival
• Grand Jury Prize of Best Feature: Bermuda Film Festival
• Best Documentary, Nashville Film Festival
• Best Documentary, Atlanta Film Festival
• Best Documentary, Newport Film Festival
• Official Selection — Ann Arbor Film Festival,
• Official Selection — Great Plaines Film Festival
• Museum Of Modern Art nominee
• Fipresci Critics Award — International Documentary Film Festival
Run do not walk to a movie about corn. Yep that’s right. Playful, disturbing, dazzling and overwhelming…
• Dallas Observer
…poetic imagery, a moving experience…
• LA Weekly
A sensual and bewitching presence…
• Elvis Mitchell, NY Times
Staggeringly original. A rare kind of filmmaking…
• Indiewire
Wild. Take to the skies on the wings of a crop duster, go beneath the earth to witness a seed germinating, amazing. It’s David Lynch goes to Iowa!
• Minneapolis Star-Tribune
