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  • 2023
  • Big Picture Ranch
  • 1 h 45 m
  • 2023
  • Big Picture Ranch
  • 1 h 45 m

Summary By fusing journalistic rigor with deeply personal stories from those on the front lines of the food movement, Common Ground unveils a dark web of money, power, and politics behind our broken food system. The film reveals how unjust practices forged our current farm system in which farmers of all colors are literally dying to feed us. The...

Directed By: Joshua Tickell, Rebecca Harrell Tickell

Written By: Johnny O'Hara, Joshua Tickell, Rebecca Harrell Tickell

  • 2023
  • Big Picture Ranch
  • 1 h 45 m
  • 2023
  • Big Picture Ranch
  • 1 h 45 m

Common Ground

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Summary By fusing journalistic rigor with deeply personal stories from those on the front lines of the food movement, Common Ground unveils a dark web of money, power, and politics behind our broken food system. The film reveals how unjust practices forged our current farm system in which farmers of all colors are literally dying to feed us. The...

Directed By: Joshua Tickell, Rebecca Harrell Tickell

Written By: Johnny O'Hara, Joshua Tickell, Rebecca Harrell Tickell

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25% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 4 Critic Reviews
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90
Apr 23, 2024
Joshua and Rebecca Tickell’s documentary, Common Ground, is that rare documentary that actually proposes solutions…practical solutions. I fear that the solutions will disappear into the void if we don’t say anything.
By Alan Ng FULL REVIEW
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Apr 23, 2024
This broadness of info only means the Tickells remain surface-level on most topics. Their Common Ground only teases but doesn’t dig deep enough into the intersection of racism and capitalism that brought us to today.
By Tomris Laffly FULL REVIEW
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Apr 23, 2024
Even if you agree with the film’s political lean, it’s hard to overlook the unorthodoxy. Common Ground smacks of propaganda masquerading as documentary. If such can qualify as documentary, then so should reality TV.
By Martin Tsai FULL REVIEW
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Apr 23, 2024
Common Ground is a well-meaning PSA that waters down the complex history, practices, and systems of American industrial agriculture into something palatable for audiences looking to feel good about the bleak future of this dying planet without actually having to do any hard learning, thinking, or direct action.
By Marya E. Gates FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Big Picture Ranch, Benenson Productions
Release Date Sep 29, 2023
Duration 1 h 45 m
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Website https://commongroundfilm.org/
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Awards

Tribeca Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Palm Springs International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Cinema for Peace Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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