This documentary tells the story of Doornkraal, a working farm in the Klein Karoo and the steadfast relationship between the land, the horses and the women on horseback who manage the farm.
Rather than a farm portrait, this film explores a place in which history is lived and where the rhythms of the past merge with the work and wisdom of the present.
Instead of providing a complete historical overview, the film uses Doornkraal's 140-year legacy of farming, community and family bonding as a starting point for a story set in the present.
The Le Roux family played a significant role in the development of agriculture in the Klein Karoo and Doornkraal is living proof thereof. What makes it special is that the family inheritance lives on in the hands of women, a natural development that not only changes structures, but deepens perspectives.
This documentary investigates how the land and animals are read and inhabited anew through female leadership and how these new voices rewrite the story of the old farm. The story unfolds through the voices of key characters.