Unearth a transformative piece of Canadian history: a “back to the land” social experiment enacted by urban baby boomers from Toronto—people who had little to no experience in agriculture or farming but who believed that, with faith and love, they could change the world. Midian Farm was built in 1971 as part of the youth counterculture movement during a period of social and political re-imagining, but after years of hardship and struggle, its utopian vision collapsed. More than four decades later, local filmmaker Liz Marshall tells this community’s compelling story.
Post-screening Q&A with director Liz Marshall.