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Movies set on farms tap into a rich vein of American mythology and symbolism

NPR | By Tadeo Ruiz Sandoval,
Danielle Kurtzleben , Rob Schmitz, Marc Rivers, Adam Raney
Published November 15, 2026 at 4:11 PM CST

NPR White House Correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben and Tadeo Ruiz Sandoval, who covers agriculture for Harvest Public Media, talk about great American farm movies.

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Danielle Kurtzleben is a White House correspondent on NPR's Washington Desk. She appears regularly on the NPR Politics Podcast and other NPR shows. 
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Rob Schmitz is NPR's international correspondent based in Berlin.
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