Farmer/Veteran
A feature-length documentary film about the legacy of war.
April 15, 2016
1h 22m
Overview
After three combat tours in Iraq, Alex Sutton attempts a fresh start hatching chickens and raising goats on 43 acres in rural North Carolina. Alex embraces life on the farm with his new love Jessica, but cycles between a state of heightened alert and “feeling zombified” from a cocktail of prescriptions meant to stabilize his injured mind. When Jessica becomes pregnant, the dark past Alex has tried to escape—the loss of his first family, the war he was forced to leave—closes in on him. The farm becomes another battleground. Farmer/Veteran attempts to reconcile the identity of a perfect soldier with the reality of a haunted man determined to hold onto the best chance at peace he’s ever known.
Directed by
Where to watch
In United States
Stream
Free with ads
Rent
Buy
More like this
To Kill a Tiger
2023
In the Realms of the Unreal
2004
Love, Marilyn
2013
Heart of a Dog
2015
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
2013
Beyoncé: Life Is But a Dream
2013
To Be Takei
2014
Cameraperson
2016
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
2000
Come See Me in the Good Light
2025
Seduced and Abandoned
2013
Directed by John Ford
1971
Naqoyqatsi
2002
Nothing Like a Dame
2018
The Class of ‘92
2013
My Mom Jayne
2025
McQueen
2018
Feminists: What Were They Thinking?
2018
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
2017
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
2016