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00:00I met Daryl when I was just barely 16. I sat down on the tailgate next to him of his pickup and we just started playing footsie.
00:13She was everything I was ever looking for, you know. If you wanted a perfect farm wife and a perfect mother, you could see it when she was in high school. She's my everything, you know.
00:23From filmmaker David Sutherland comes the epic story of an American family. Filmed over three years in rural Nebraska, it traces the struggles of Daryl and Juanita Bushcutter as they strive to wrestle a living from the land.
00:39We had a hell of a good farm operation build up until about 1988 when the drought hit us.
00:45In 91, the bank sent us a letter saying they were ready to liquidate our operation.
00:51This is the story of how the battle to save their farm becomes a battle to save their marriage.
00:57What's wrong with me right now? What's unbearable about me right now?
01:00We don't agree on everything.
01:02I can see anger all over your face. You roll your eyes and everything else. It's just typical every night. Am I wrong? Smile. A real one, see?
01:14I'm sorry.
01:16She left and there was a letter on the table saying either you go learn how to handle your frustration or she wasn't going to come back.
01:26Either things were going to get better or something was going to change because I couldn't stand it anymore.
01:31Whatever it takes to make things work between us all, I'm willing to do anything. But she won't give me the benefit of a doubt for nothing. Right? Don't get so upset.
01:52From a vanishing corner of the American landscape, this is a story that unfolds in the rhythms of everyday life.
01:59It is a story of hard work. God, I've never seen nothing like that.
02:07And faith.
02:09A little weapon.
02:10And almost superhuman persistence.
02:13Just makes you tougher.
02:14The story of two people determined to hang on to their dream and to each other.
02:20Did you miss me?
02:21Like crazy.