# 40 Acres (2025)

> A resilient Black farming family wages a brutal fight to protect its land and food from cannibal outsiders in a fractured future.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/7337293

## Facts

- Runtime: 113 min
- Genres: Action, Thriller, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
- Director: R.T. Thorne
- Cast: Danielle Deadwyler, Kataem O'Connor, Michael Greyeyes, Milcania Diaz-Rojas, Leenah Robinson, Jaeda LeBlanc, Haile Amare, Elizabeth Saunders
- TMDB rating: 6.7/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29634843/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: tense, harrowing, serious, intense movie night, socially conscious viewing

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