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BEYOND EDEN

By Al JOHNSTONE

NATIONAL FILM AND TELEVISION SCHOOL (NFTS) - as SALES TV, Theatrical, DVD-video, VOD, Airline, World / DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, Airline, World

True Story - Completed 2025

In the 1970’s, lesbians across the United States moved out to wild, untamed landscapes to build a world without men. Some of them never left. 50 years on, Beyond Eden follows some of the ageing original Land Dykes.

- Year of production
- 2025
- Genres
- True Story, Documentary
- Countries
- UNITED KINGDOM
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Duration
- 25 mn
- Director(s)
- Al JOHNSTONE
- Producer(s)
- Al JOHNSTONE
- Synopsis
- The Women’s Land Movement was born in the 1970’s in the USA, emerging from an era of radical change that included civil rights, the hippie movement and women’s liberation. Lesbians from across the United States moved out to wild, untamed landscapes to build a world without men. These communities of women built their homes and developed their idiosyncratic women’s culture from the ground up. Some of these women never left.
  
  Whilst many of the hundreds of lands across the country stopped existing, several have held on. The remaining inhabitants are often in their 70’s and 80’s. They are now facing the reality of ageing and their own mortality. There is also the question of what happens to the women’s lands, the project they have dedicated their lives to, after they are gone. Beyond Eden follows elders of women’s land communities in Oregon as they grapple with these questions.