Kiss the Ground

This is a 2020 nature documentary narrated by Woody Harrelson. It follows farmers, scientists, ranchers, and activists who say modern farming is hurting the soil and the climate. The film’s big idea is “regenerative agriculture”: farming that rebuilds healthy dirt so it can pull carbon from the air, hold more water, and grow more food. The tone starts worried about climate and bad soil, then turns hopeful with real farm stories and simple soil science.

Most of what a normal viewer notices is green activism, not race, gender, or queer identity politics. The film pushes climate urgency, blames tilling and farm chemicals for dead soil, and praises new old-style farming as a fix for the planet. It also hits industrial farming and big chemical companies hard, with scary talk about poisons, GMOs, and even harsh war and Nazi camp comparisons some farmers hated. There is a short Indigenous Lakota voice about older land practices, plus famous climate-minded celebrities. Viewers who want to avoid identity-first storytelling will mostly see a climate and farming lecture instead.