The award-winning film “The Biggest Little Farm” complete with its breathtaking cinematography, captivating animals and an urgent message to heed Mother Nature”™s call for a vital blueprint for better living and a healthier planet will be presented by the Housatonic Museum of Art in Bridgeport. The complementary screening will be available online starting Earth Day, Thursday, April 22 through April 24. Visit Housatonicmuseum.org to enjoy this special showing free of charge.
The film chronicles the eight-year quest of John and Molly Chester as they trade city living for 200 acres of barren farmland and a dream to harvest in harmony with nature. Through dogged perseverance and embracing the opportunity provided by nature”™s conflicts, the Chesters unlock and uncover a biodiverse design for living that exists far beyond their farm, its seasons and our wildest imagination.
“This poignant nature documentary follows the Chesters”™ journey to return to the land and run an organic, biodynamic farm. As viewers, we get a front-row seat to the ups and downs of agricultural life and a new appreciation for the ecosystems that farms establish,” said Robbin Zella, museum director.
The film is part of a virtual Earth Day Celebration presented by Housatonic Community College. Connecticut Film Festival organized the screening and Pitney Bowes; Avangrid; and Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company supported the program.
Housatonic Museum of Art (HMA) has welcomed more than 500,000 visitors to explore the exhibits and collection of almost 6,000 works that span the history of art from the ancient to the contemporary. As one of the premier college art collections in the United States and the only museum in Bridgeport solely dedicated to visual arts, HMA”™s permanent collection is on continuous display throughout the Housatonic Community College.
