The Real Dirt on Farmer John Movie Review 2006

Eccentric John Peterson is the titular Illinois farmer whose life has been documented since the 1950s when his mother, Anna, began shooting Super 8 home movies. John, who embraced the counterculture of the 1960s, later took over filming--and the farm--after his father died. Director Siegel befriended and started filming John in the 1980s after a number of financial crises led him to sell most of the acreage, though the farm eventually rebounded as an organic co-op.

Distribution

Not Yet Released

Running time 83 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Documentary Films

Screenplay

John Peterson

Cinematography

Taggart Siegel

Director

Taggart Siegel

Music

Mark Orton

Other

Teri Lang, Sophia Strehlw, Robert Seidenberg, Greg Snider

Producer

Teri Lang, Taggart Siegel