Murmurings of the Land – A Portrait of Stephen Jenkinson and Orphan Wisdom

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Stephen Jenkinson is a storyteller, a ceremonialist, an off-grid farmer and a "grief literacy advocate". He's the author of many books, including prize winner "Die Wise". Jenkinson, along with his wife Nathalie Roy, is the founder of the Orphan Wisdom school, which operated in tandem with the farm from 2010 until 2024. Its principal teachings centered around modern Western people "suffering from culture failure and a lack of instruction on how to live with the world around us, with our dead and with our history." "Murmurings of the Land" is a portrait of the people, animals and other beings of the Orphan Wisdom farm. Narrated by Jenkinson, this film is part poem, part instruction, and asks the question: "What's worth doing, given the troubles of our times?". The soundtrack was created by Gregory Hoskins, who's a long time collaborator of Jenkinson's. The pair have created three studio albums together and have toured the world several times over with the show "Nights of Grief and Mystery", which is a combination of stories drawn from Jenkinson's decades of work in palliative care, and original songs from Hoskins. The director of the film, Mattias Olsson, has previously conducted several interviews with Stephen for the Campfire Podcast. This is the first time he's visited the Orphan Wisdom farm, and it's the first time he's made a film with Jenkinson. A huge thank you to the following people who have generously provided subtitles for this film in the following languages: Croatian: Davor Bobanac Dutch: Karla Greven (English: Mattias Olsson) French: Amélie Macoin German: Tanja Pütz Indonesian: Ary Nuansa Italian: Grazia Gironella Portuguese: Guilherme Castagna Slovak: Zuzana Beračova Spanish: Patricia Aguirre (Swedish: Mattias Olsson)