The Producers

Writer & director Amy Miller is a media maker and social justice organizer based in Montréal. Her first documentary, Outside Of Europe, focuses on the exclusionary nature of immigration and border policies and continues to be screened around the world. No Land No Food No Life, a doc on the economy, agricultural land grabs and changes to farmers' lives around the world is her most recent documentary. She remains dedicated to developing critical documentaries for transformative social change and helping out grassroots campaigns for justice.

Films de l'Oeil Inc. is a production company that aims to spark thoughtful debate on current issues through a variety of points of view reflecting the diversity of our world. Films de l'Oeil is committed to conveying information through rich, bold content and entertaining with innovative treatments. Films de l’Oeil was founded in Montreal by Catherine Drolet.

Making The Film

I wanted to take a deep look at resource management and one’s ability to have control over the most vital of needs - access to growing food. I believe that if people knew what was happening they would be concerned and want to take action, not only to create a more just and equitable world, but also in their self-interest to access food. Many of the ways I present ideas in my documentaries are based on Paulo Freire’s ideas surrounding popular education which emphasize the need to provide local populations with an education that focuses on anti-colonialism and is rooted in modern pedagogy. My documentaries are inspired by the critical pedagogy movement that Freire and others such as contemporary Henry Giroux have developed: guided by passion and principle, to help audiences develop consciousness of freedom, recognize authoritarian tendencies, and connect knowledge to power and the ability to take constructive action.