The Art of Gleaning

Les Glaneurs et la Glaneuse (The Gleaners and the Gleaness), is a film by french director Agnes Varda. The film focuses on what in North America is now often referred to as freeganism, but in France is a long established tradition called gleaning, a tradition with a long and important history and which is protected by laws dating back to medieval times. The director a proud gleaner herself, travels around with a handheld camera following and interviewing the interesting characters who survive with the help of the ancient practice of gleaning. This film is not a hollywood blockbuster, nor was it meant to be. Its a real look into real people's lives, their methods of survival, using material that would otherwise be wasted in factory farming, or by a wasteful contemporary approach in general. The film also provides a look at the gleaner's occasional quirks, their interesting thoughts and opinions.

It has a sequel too apparently

The Art of Gleaning