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“What do you do when nothing is
left?” is the question that drives “The Real Dirt on Farmer
John,” Taggart Siegel’s fascinating documentary about loss and
reinvention. If you’re John Peterson, the progressive Illinois farmer whom Mr.
Siegel filmed through 25 years of friendship and multiple crises, you pick
yourself up and start again — with the camera running, of course. An amiable
rebel who likes to taste his soil and drive his tractor while wearing a feather
boa, Mr. Peterson — who also wrote and narrates the film — has always lived in
front of a lens. From the home movies shot by his mother to Mr. Siegel’s epic
attentions, the wildly fluctuating fortunes of the Peterson family farm provide
the backdrop to a life driven as much by art as by agriculture. Firmly anchored
by its protagonist’s love of the land, “The Real Dirt on Farmer John”
offers one man’s extraordinary life as a gateway to a larger history of tragedy
and transition. It’s an unflinching account of what farming takes — and, more
important, what it gives back. – NY Times
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