MILK May 14, 2010

The scene is rural New England at the start of Reagan's second term. Meg and Ben are just a creditor away from losing their family farm. To the rescue flies a high-powered businessman -- in a private chopper no less -- offering a tidy sum for a taste of farm life and the pure, raw milk that goes with it. Even before locavores roamed the earth, "back to the land" was hardly as simple as its promise; livestock and humans aren't known for behaving as expected. And so it is in 'MILK', an elegant parable of change set on the cusp of a shifting American landscape.