Talking to the Sun
Field notes from Farmer Frank.
Talking to the Sun is a short documentary of astronomical proportions joining Farmer Frank as he takes care of his small spot on Earth, paving his own path from seed to harvest.
As he mentors people in his community who want to learn from his great experience and love for nature, he grows and feeds the people around him.
Frank is an important part of our community, growing organic food and promoting healthy eating. Frank is creating a life measured not by scale, but by care. 🌱
This is about noticing the magic in the everyday.
Project timeline: Started filming at the end of 2024 for a little over a year. The 21 min film is now complete and just starting the film festival journey. See more videos & photos here!
Thank you to Field Notes for supporting and sponsoring Talking to the Sun! I love Field Notes and have been using their notebooks for over a decade! Field Notes offers smartly-designed, vintage-inspired pocket notebooks, notepads, journals, calendars, planners, and writing accoutrements. They originated with farmers using these notebooks.
Film festival screenings: (coming soon)
Emerging Lens Cultural Film Festival - Nova Scotia, Canada - April 15th, 2026
Cannes Indie Shorts Awards
Why? I met Frank while filming for the Louisville Farmers Market in Colorado. I loved his thoughts about how he grows healthy food and think of his words as a metaphor for living a good life. I’m always in search of people who’s words resonate and I can film. A documentary about Frank is e beneficial for all people and all ages. I am LOVING this project and so thankful for Frank and his sweetie Jill’s time and energy into this.
Contact: megan@bigheartfilm.com - learn more about Megan’s work here and more documentaries here.
With support from the one & only…
Farmer Frank, Organic farmer and featured in Talking to the Sun
Frank Hodge is the founder and owner of Father Earth Organic Farm in Lafayette Colorado. He became interested in gardening in the late 50's while working with a family in western Massachusetts. He is an important and inspiring part of his community, growing organic food, educating & feeding the people around him. You can sign up for his CSA and buy his produce at the Louisville Farmers Market.
Megan Sweeney, Director
Megan Sweeney is a filmmaker & photographer based out of Boulder who makes all sorts of films from idea to creation, focusing on short documentary style videos. She has won three regional Emmys, and creates videos for Chautauqua, the City of Louisville, Visit Longmont and more. She wants to continue pursuing documentaries that make people happy and working with musicians.
Skinner Myers, Consulting Producer
Skinner Myers is an award-winning writer and director based in Boulder, Colorado. After leaving USC School of Cinematic Arts, he established a strong foundation with a series of acclaimed short films. His short, LA TIERRA DEL EXODO, screened at over 90 international festivals and received numerous awards, while his film FRANK EMBREE won the Grand Jury Award at the Hollyshorts Film Festival, qualifying it for Academy Award consideration.
Liz Marston, Sound Designer and
Re-recording mixer
Liz Marston is a re-recording mixer, sound designer, and supervising sound editor at Skywalker Sound. A lifelong nature enthusiast, she is passionate about bringing stories to life with sound. She began with a background as a music recording engineer before transitioning to film sound. Liz enjoys getting outside and capturing field recordings that bring audiences closer to the natural world.
Trailer :90
Trailer 1:54
One-minute proof of concept
