Flesh of the Field chronicles a Black-owned family farm in Durham, North Carolina, exploring the spiritual and cultural rhythms of raising livestock. Through their daily work, feeding, slaughtering, and caring for animals, the film examines how labor, lineage, and land connect with ritual and faith. What begins as a story about food and survival becomes a meditation on ancestry, devotion, and the sacred act of tending life. By witnessing the family’s intimate practices, the film illuminates how Black farming traditions sustain both body and spirit, revealing resilience, grace, and the quiet theology of the land.