Yahoo News: ‘I’m still kind of processing it’: Wright State grad talks ‘Seeds,’ top honor at Sundance

“Seeds,” by Brittany Shyne, who graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Motion Pictures from Wright State, won the U.S. Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival. (Photo credit: Sundance Film Festival)

Brittany Shyne, a Wright State University alum who won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, is featured in a story by WDTN 2 News and Yahoo News.

“I’m still kind of processing it. You know, it’s obviously incredible and it’s a very huge acknowledgment, you know. And I’m really grateful for it, but like, it’s like every day I’m like, wow, this really happened, you know?” Shyne said.

She directed, shot and produced the feature documentary “Seeds,” the Sundance festival jury’s pick for best documentary feature.

The film is about generational and legacy farmers in the southern United States, specifically centennial farmers, or those who’ve owned their land for at least 100 years.

“So really it’s about, you know, the continuation of these family farms and who’s going to take over, but also showing like the intergenerational connectedness with this film,” Shyne said.

Shyne says two big motivators for completing this film were her parents’ guidance and the need to present the story of “Seeds” to the world.

“There’s so many black stories that kind of can get lost, you know, or not duly acknowledged. And I found that there’s something very profound about this story, about legacy, the maintenance of legacy, you know, you’re archiving, so things are not being forgotten.”

Now, post Grand Jury Prize Award, and alongside burgeoning praise, “Seeds,” remains on a festival tour.

“The film’s going to be on the festival circuit throughout this year.”

Shyne will next show the film at the True/False Film Festival in Missouri before traveling to Greece and Copenhagen.

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