Talkie Zoo: FAITH LIKE POTATOES

Faith Like Potatoes (2006; PG-13) is an inspirational, religious based film, but it's a good watch anyway. While you may not agree with the religious views expressed in the film, you can't help but admire the people involved in this story based on actual events and characters.

It's the story of a white farmer in Africa who moves his family from one African country to South Africa in an effort to get away from the lawlessness and crime against white farmers where he was living. He starts over again on a piece of land, meeting Zulu tribesmen who help him set up his new homestead. He learns the language and fights the elements to grow enough maize and other crops to support his family.

This is a story about love of family, faith, and a conversion to Christianity. His faith is tested by various circumstances, not the least of which is the death of his young nephew to a tractor accident. He was driving the tractor.

You get to take a look at a very primitive lifestyle, beginning with the family living without electricity or running water, working the land with nothing but a single tractor and some hand tools, and surviving under drought conditions. As he finds faith and even more uses for tea tree oil in treating wounds, we follow the ups and downs, the trials and victories, of living by faith and hard work.