Talent Guide

Natalie Baszile

  • Discipline:Director
  • Program Year:CNN Docuseries Intensive 2020

Bio

Natalie is the author of the novel, Queen Sugar, which is being adapted for television by writer/director Ava DuVernay, and co-produced by Oprah Winfrey. Natalie is a second-year resident at SFFILM where she is developing Harvest, a character-driven documentary series about farmers of color around the globe. The project is inspired by her new non-fiction book, We Are Each Other’s Harvest: A Celebration of Black Farming, Land & Legacy, forthcoming from HarperCollins (April 2021).

Current Project

Harvest

Logline

Harvest, a character-driven docuseries, focuses on the unique circumstances and passions of farmers around the globe, and offers an intimate look at their lives and realities. Taking the lens that is usually trained on chefs and foodies, Harvest celebrates the beauty and artistry of farming and the people who act as stewards of the land at a pivotal moment when mankind is grappling with our food sources, climate change, and re-examining our relationship to the earth.