6:3001 / The documentary
Pilot film
From a Maryland working day in 1935 to planting, trail work and monitoring today, the pilot asks what useful public work should offer the people doing it—and the places they care for.
Work. Land. Belonging./2026
Common Ground.
Could caring for a place become a better way
to make a living?
The film collection1080p · English captions
6:30
1:1902 / A first look
Trailer
A brief introduction to COMMON GROUND: the legacy of the CCC, the work still ahead, and the question of who gets paid and who gets a say.
About the film
Useful work.
A fairer bargain.
Care that lasts.
The Civilian Conservation Corps left trails, forests and public landscapes, alongside a history of segregation and exclusion. COMMON GROUND brings that inheritance into conversation with a proposed contemporary corps, CCC2. Through archival images and present-day conservation work, the film asks what a fair bargain would require: reliable pay, safe work, shared decisions and care that lasts. It also asks whether supporting existing workers would do more.
CCC2 is a proposal to test. The contemporary footage depicts existing conservation programs.
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