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2026 • USA • 3 min • Mark Wilson of New Leonard Media

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Patrick Concannon reflects on his ancestral land near North Lake Leelanau, where hunting, gathering and caring for the land connect family across generations. This film is part of the Leelanau Conservancy’s Indigenous Knowledges Project, dedicated to elevating Anishinaabe voices.

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2026 • USA • 85 min • Nathan Buck and Claire Hannah Collins

Filmmaker in Attendance, Family Friendly

A group of high school students at a boarding school in Northern Michigan set out to make a film about regenerative farming, only to get tangled in the contradictions between what they learn and the system that feeds them.