Return to the Earth

What if your home could be handmade, from the ground beneath your feet?

This intimate micro-documentary tells the story of Betty Seaman. A mother, builder, and teacher, who constructed her family's cob home with her own hands. What began as a quest for affordable, sustainable shelter grew into a living classroom for resilience and community.

But when wildfires came dangerously close to consuming everything she had built, Betty was forced to confront the stark realities of life on a changing planet. Filmed while the Palisades fires were still smouldering, her story emerges as one of survival, adaptation, and the possibility of building back without using toxic materials.

Through evocative visuals and grounded storytelling, we explore the ancient practice of cob building, how it differs from adobe, and why earth-based construction may offer one of the most hopeful paths forward in the face of a climate crisis.

COMPOST ON A LARGE SCALE

The story of regenerative farmer Cory Miller shows how he converted 1000 acres of chemically farmed grassland to regenerative agriculture using compost extract.

Cory and I met on his farm in Montana when I attended his compost workshop. Inspired by his ingenuity and innovative methods, I got him on camera to share his process, a highbred between a “How to’ and a micro-documentary, which we shared on YouTube. Today, this film has spread far and wide, inspiring farmers across the globe to start the process of converting away from synthetic chemical agriculture.

The Muncher is a powerful documentary that follows inventor Mo Mohammed Momen, whose mother and neighbours died from rare cancers linked to agricultural chemicals. Sparking Mo’s a lifelong mission to heal the soil and protect future communities. The film traces the creation of The Muncher, a groundbreaking aerobic system that transforms organic waste into a living, nutrient-rich biological fertilizer in under an hour, and follows scientists, farmers, compost operators, and wildfire survivors as they witness its impact firsthand. By rapidly catalyzing natural soil processes, the technology produces a potent microbial inoculant that rebuilds soil structure, restores nutrients, reduces reliance on synthetic inputs, and even helps detoxify fire-damaged land. Weaving personal origin story with cutting-edge science and real-world results, the film delivers a hopeful message: by working with biology rather than against it, we can regenerate degraded land, close the loop on waste, and rediscover that the future of our food, health, and climate begins in living soil.

THE MUNCHER

REBUILDING SHEMESH FARMS

This is an inspiring story about an urban farm that provides support for adults on the autistic spectrum. Despite facing multiple challenges, including the farm being burnt down, the community has continued to grow and thrive. The film documents their journey as they transform a septic field into a successful urban farm using hydroponics and raised beds. Proof that even the smallest of green spaces can have a big impact on the community.

From a laser tag business to a thriving medicinal herb farm, herb farmer Lindy Dewey shares how listening to the land, she healed herself and was led to healing others.

SPIRIT WORKS TRILOGY

BLACK GOLD



The final film of a compost maestro who inspired and taught many the magic of biodynamic compost-making. Farmer Jack McAndrew gives you enough information and insight to start your own biodynamic compost pile.

RAISING REGENERATIVE LAMB

Dylan from Boak House Hearth and Husbandry is a first-generation sheep farmer based in Ojai, California. His sheep graze on wild pastures of medicinal plants for 365 days a year to feed his community.