THE SILVER BRANCH is a philosophical documentary on the life of farmer/poet Patrick McCormack, descendant of generations of farmers who have cultivated the wild landscape of The Burren in County Clare, Ireland — a story of renewed hope in man’s ancient connection to the natural world. When Patrick and his rural community are drawn into a divisive battle with the government’s Office of Public Works over a planned visitor center, he and a small group of friends take the fight to the Irish High Court in order to protect the fate of this iconic wilderness.
