We think we know our countryside because it's such a familiar sight as we travel between towns. And because we weekend and walk in it and it sometimes hits the news when there's a crisis.
But what of the day-to-day life of the people and animals who live and work in the countryside? The Lie of the Land, a 70-minute documentary feature film by award-winning director Molly Dineen, chronicles what could be the death throes of a way of life.
The film shows how Britain's farming industry and countryside have been decimated by disease, development and legislation. For Britain's farmers and agricultural workers, and the livestock and landscape we claim to cherish, the consequences have been dire.
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