Dryland

13 September 2014

4pm - 5.30pm

Free entry

Straight from DOCUTAH, the Southern Utah International Documentary Film Festival. Over a decade, Dryland traces two childhood best friends’ quest for victory in a rambunctious, quirky contest, while pursuing their passion for farming. Repurposed wheat harvesters wage a steel-shearing battle in the Lind Combine Demolition Derby, bolstering the town through dry years and economic uncertainty. As Josh leads JAWS into victory, he’s defeated in his lifelong bid to preserve the family’s legacy and must leave home to find work. In this arid, amber land, place forges identity and labor fuels dreams. Can the optimism, tenacity, and ingenuity required to farm—and to derby—bring Josh home? In a visceral duet of work and play, Dryland offers a coming-of-age tale with intelligence, heart and axle grease.