Film review: Beacon Farms, a dream built on rock
- beaconfarmscayman
- Feb 14, 2023
- 1 min read
By Norma Connolly
Beacon Farms, a documentary that is showing at Camana Bay Cinema this week, gives a fascinating behind-the-scenes glimpse into the triumphs and challenges of the North Side farm that is staffed by recovering addicts who transform not only the land, but their own lives.
The film, created by Candy Whicker and Little Films, takes you for a ride through the ups and downs of the workers, managers and owners of the farm, which was set up by father and son Granger and Scott Haugh in 2017.
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