“In southern California, agriculture is practiced in an extremely intensive manner, even by global standards, despite increasing water scarcity. VALLEY PRIDE conveys impressions of a region that, thanks to the skillful choice of setting, sometimes seems like an unknown planet. Oversized harvesting machines eat their way through fields, poorly paid and mostly (illegal) migrant workers collect the “pride of the valley”. An impressive soundtrack by Jung an Tagen contributes a great deal to this short-film menetekel.” (Bert Rebhandl / sickpackfilm)