Fiercely independent 90-year-old Agatha Bock lives alone on her ancestral farm. Despite health challenges, she tends to her land by hand, cultivating heirloom seeds passed down through generations. Without modern conveniences like a car, cell phone, or running water, she plants and harvests watermelons, beans, flowers, herbs, and vegetables using antiquated techniques.
Shot over six years on 16mm film by an all-female crew, the documentary captures her meditative daily rituals and her century-old farmhouse, unchanged since the 1950s, as a living archive of a vanishing era. Winner of Best Canadian Documentary at Hot Docs 2025.
“Poetic and playful, yet intensely political.”
– Hot Docs Jury Statement (Best Canadian Documentary, 2025)
“Agatha Bock is an eclectic wonder… radiates with pure joy.”
– Pat Mullen, POV Magazine
“Effortlessly beguiling… spun with care, love, passion.”
– Debanjan Dhar, High on Films
