In honor of National Ag Day, I’m beyond excited to share the trailer for a film project very close to my heart. You Just Can’t See Them From the Road is my first full-length documentary. My sister Michaela and I had been wanting to shoot a film on the vanishing ranches of the American West for some time when California Rangeland Trust approached us. They gave us enormous trust and creative freedom to tell this story about West Coast ranching—the men and women who feed us and sustain our landscapes, who you just can’t see from the road. Our bootstrapped team of four traveled up and down the state of California to tell the story of the men and women who feed us, manage our lands, but who you just can’t see from the road.

Stream the trailer at www.americaunwon.com.

Film Synopsis:

An immigrant family in California’s Central Valley faces the loss of their land and way of life. One of the few remaining ranching families in the Bay Area watches urban sprawl creep in from every direction. Cowboys work in the shadow of the historic Hearst Castle. Wildlife find refuge on the biggest expanse of private land in Southern California. One of the largest Black landowners in the state discovers Native American artifacts on his ranch.

Presented by California Rangeland Trust and directed by Keely Brazil Covello and Michaela Brazil Gillies, You Just Can’t See Them From the Road is a documentary portrait of the vanishing ranchers of the American West—invisible to and misunderstood by the rapidly modernizing society they sustain.

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