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The Puotinen family farm sits on 80 acres of land in Crystal Falls Township, Michigan, near the Upper Peninsula village of Amasa. Elias and Johanna Puotinen built the farmhouse in 1910. In the 1940s, Kaleva and Ines Puotinen took over the farm, growing potatoes and raising dairy cattle. Art and Judy Puotinen inherited the farm in 1992. Although no longer permanently inhabited, the farm remains a gathering place for family and friends scattered from nearby Houghton, Michigan to Chicago, Atlanta, and as far as Australia.
— from the introduction to The Farm: An Autobiography
Funded by the Department of Women's Studies at Emory University, my film weaves together the stories of the Puotinen family women and our connection with the farmhouse, farmland and each other. Fundamentally, this film is an exploration of the questions: How can I fit my own self-narrative into the narratives of my foremothers and the narrative of the farm? And, how can I honor the heritage and history of the farm and its inhabitants in my own narrative without romanticizing or mythologizing them?
— Sara L. Puotinen, writer & director, The Farm Part II: The Puotinen Women