The first feature from Vancouver-based photographer and filmmaker Morgan Tams, Green Valley is a portrait of a small off-the-grid farming community on Cortes Island. Tams spent two years filming (and living) the farm, and his lovely, lyrical observational documentary captures the gentle rhythm and quietude of a lifestyle from an older time, in harmony with nature and the turning of the seasons. Tams doesn’t romanticize the real hardships and challenges of this environment, but it’s impossible not to be sucked in by the beauty of his images and the peace that permeates the film.
Aug 7 & 8: Q&A with filmmaker Morgan Tams
A thoughtful, tender ode to the beauty and the reality of ’going back to the land’ that makes you think about our impact on the earth and our relationship to all that sustains us…. a very strong film with peace and ethics and an underlying hopefulness about our ability to adapt our way of life to something else — which is deeply needed at this time…. a profound accomplishment.
Lisa Jackson, Filmmaker
A welcome balm, a reminder that there is indeed an alternative to the non-stop demand for our attention.
Matthew Hays, POV magazine
Quite magical.
Adrian Mack, Stir
Morgan Tams
Canada
2025
English
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