Agatha’s Almanac
ByTowne Cinema
Wednesday, Jun 17, 2026 4:00 PM
90-year-old Agatha Bock maintains her ancestral farm and heirloom seeds without modern amenities, preserving traditional practices through daily routines that document a fading way of life.
"Blessedly, it avoids the too-crisp digital sheen of contemporary docs, with the director enlisting cinematographer Rhayne Vermette to capture Agatha on 16mm film, the images so gritty in texture and saturated in colour that they feel unearthed." - Globe and Mail