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The Feeling of Home follows Sarah Calhoun, founder of the Red Ants Pants Foundation and Music Festival, as she transforms a cow pasture in White Sulphur Springs, Montana (population 900) into a unifying force for rural community revitalization.

The documentary captures the lead-up to the festival’s 10th anniversary, interweaving Sarah’s journey from outdoor educator to workwear entrepreneur to community catalyst. We witness the massive volunteer effort required to build a temporary city in a remote pasture, meet local high school band Smith River Young as they prepare to open the main stage, and hear from diverse performers, including Native American hip-hop artist Supaman, about the power of art to deliver truth.

Through intimate portraits of ranchers, bankers, young musicians, and festival volunteers, the film reveals how music bridges Montana’s red-blue political divide and creates economic opportunity in a historically boom-and-bust town. Sarah’s vision—that neighbors with different perspectives can strengthen “the human condition” by working and celebrating together—comes alive as thousands gather under the big sky to experience what it means to feel home.

At its heart, this is a story about what one person’s vision can accomplish when an entire community embraces it, and a testament to music’s ability to remind us that we are not alone.