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The
idea for "Broken Limbs" was
conceived by filmmakers Guy Evans and
Jamie Howell in the
summer of 2001. Evans, a freelance videographer,
and Howell, a freelance writer, found
themselves living back in the Wenatchee
Valley where much of their childhoods
had been spent, but the Valley was much
changed. The orchards that had surrounded
them as young men were fast disappearing.
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In
April 2002, Evans and Howell presented a three-minute
trailer built around a poem Evans had written
about the struggles of local farmers at a works-in-progress
workshop at the Hazel Wolf Environmental Film
Festival held each year in Leavenworth, Wash.
The enthusiastic response to the trailer convinced
the two novice filmmakers to officially launch
their project.
What followed was a two-year journey of discovery,
conducting interviews with farmers, economists
and academics as they labored to understand the
philosophical underpinnings of a concept called
sustainable agriculture and how it might be applied
in their own hometown.
The resulting 58-minute video takes viewers on
a hometown journey through the global issues
facing
America’s small farmers, with Evans in the
starring role as he discovers a new breed of farmer,
and a new hope for the future of agriculture.
Broken Limbs debuted in October 2003 in front
of a capacity crowd at their local community college,
Wenatchee Valley College. It now has been selected
for national distribution by Bullfrog Films (www.bullfrogfilms.com)
and has been accepted for broadcast on PBS stations
around the Northwest and in California.
Funding
Evans
and Howell raised $33,000 to make Broken Limbs,
all of it from individual community members and
two local granting organizations – The Icicle
Fund and the Community Foundation of North Central
Washington. Click Here
to find out who made it possible >>
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