FARM GRRRL FOLK PUNK: MOTHERWORT

(5 mins)

A student-produced profile of the band Motherwort, made up of three female farmers in upstate New York, about the intersection of punk and rural life. This short doc was produced by the 12 students in Cornell University's "Documenting Local Lives" course in Spring 2024, supported by a grant from the Mellon Foundation.

PRODUCERS: Cami Armendariz, Andie Kiim, Noah Leety, Kaley Makino, Beatrys Rodrigues, Ashira Weinreich, Finley Williams, Jianing Zhao

ASST. EDITORS: Michele Cheng, Jamie Johnson, Nia Whitmal

EDITOR: Austin Bunn

CINEMATOGRAPHER: Rafael Bitanga

SCREENINGS

Sound Unseen (Nov. 2025) — Minneapolis (MN), Rochester (MN), and Austin (TX)