Common Ground

Name: Common Ground
Director: Rebecca Tickell,Josh Tickell
Released: 2023

Rebecca Tickell Josh Tickell 2023

By fusing journalistic exposé with deeply personal stories from those in the front lines of the sustainable food movement, Common Ground unveils a dark web of money, power, and politics behind our broken food system. As the highly anticipated sequel to Kiss the Ground, the film profiles a hopeful and uplifting movement of white, black, and indigenous farmers who are using alternative “regenerative” models of agriculture that could balance the climate, save our health, and stabilize America’s economy – before it’s too late.

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Running Time:

102 min.

Spoken Languages:

English

Subtitles:

English, Spanish

Directors:

Rebecca Tickell Josh Tickell

Producers:

Rebecca Tickell, Josh Tickell and Eric Dillon

Cinematographers:

Simon Balderas, Joaquim Pujol

Editors:

Anthony Ellison, Ryan A Nichols

Production Companies:

Big Picture Ranch

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The Wrap

It’s an urgent call to action. The film has a unifying, nonpartisan message. In essence, “Common Ground” is a blueprint for securing our future

Woody Harrelson
Forbes

Nine out of ten Americans are metabolically unhealthy. Let's get real. We are literally paying for a system that is making us sick with our tax dollars... We need to stop it.

Errol Schweizer
the EAGLE

This is not just a climate conversation; it's a food justice conversation, it’s an inclusion conversation. Part of what’s missing is an inclusive narrative

Sydney Hemmer, Clair Sapilewski
Film Inquiry

Common Ground is a deeply impactful documentary, the eye-opening documentary it needs to be. Common Ground is vital, necessary documentation that there is a better way – a smarter way

Stephanie Archer
The Hollywood Reporter

A new fusion of traditional documentary filmmaking and really intimate moments

Hilary Lewis
LA Weekly

Elegantly photographed and empowering film; an urgent call to action and a plan for how to save the future, heal the climate, and fix a broken food system

Michele Stueven

Festival Participation

Tribeca Film Festival - 2023
Human/Nature Awards winner
Palm Springs International Film Festival - 2024
Winner Audience Award Best Documentary Feature
Red Nation International Film Festival - 2023
Winner Best Documentary
Boston Film Festival - 2023
Winner Mass Impact Award & Best EcoFilm
tve Global Sustainability Film Awards - 2023
Winner Documentary Impact Category

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