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“A visual love letter to the Black, rural South, director-cinematographer Brittany Shyne’s ‘Seeds’ captures a rare snapshot of Black America, where land ownership is a birthright and legacy... Shyne creates a sacred space where these families can be themselves with dignity and pride.”
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“A remarkable portrait of America's oldest Black farmers and the resilience they exhibit…an incredibly rewarding journey, a film indebted to the past that feels brilliantly alive.”
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THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
Lovia Gyarkye“Quietly Stunning…With Seeds, Shyne helps spotlights the farmer, the mature and the budding, fighting to protect what remains.”
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“There is no part of “Seeds” that doesn’t feel like a priceless heirloom, like a window into a critical cultural history that must be maintained or lest be permanently lost.”
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“A languid, loving portrait of Black farmers in the South, “Seeds” is a mixture of celebration and lament. With the patience of a sower, Shyne lets the lives of her subjects unfold gently over two hours.”
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SCREEN DAILY INTERNATIONAL
Allan Hunter“Shyne’s feature debut… should establish her as a distinguished chronicler of the African American experience. Seeds is steeped in a wistful nostalgia that occasionally brushes up against a harsh modern reality.”
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“A work of political activism through sheer lyricism, and exactly the kind of discovery you come to Sundance to see.”
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THE PLAYLIST
Christian GallichioAn elegiac portrait of Black southern farmers, “Seeds” represents a profound excavation of the lives of a subsection of farmers struggling to stay afloat. Yet, despite the hardships facing her subjects, “Seeds” is anything but a lament. Instead (it) is a striking, yet unhurried, character study that is also one of the most beautiful documentaries to emerge from Sundance.”
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“‘Seeds’ is the type of documentary that acts as a sort of sabbath…the type of pensive picture that, in the commotion of life, acts as an invitation to luxuriate in what it explores.”