{"id":4067,"date":"2026-10-22T23:17:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T23:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=4067"},"modified":"2026-10-22T23:17:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T23:17:12","slug":"turn-off-the-machines-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=4067","title":{"rendered":"Turn Off The Machines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>2026 Official Selection: Featurette &#8211; Documentary<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/thumbnail?id=1nGxCLRZ4geRKj053nOutnKQt94s3iTr4&amp;sz=w515\" alt=\"Turn Off The Machines\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Turn Off the Machines follows Ethan Hughes, a radical homesteader in mid-coast Maine who lives entirely without electricity, global supply chains, or modern technological comforts.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Screening date &amp; tickets<\/strong> \u2014 to be announced<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Director(s):<\/strong> Joseph El-Khoury, Muhammad Yusuf Khattak<\/li>\n<li><strong>Producer(s):<\/strong> Joseph El-Khoury, Muhammad Yusuf Khattak, Jack Ruefli<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Cast:<\/strong> Ethan Hughes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Language:<\/strong> English<\/p>\n<p><strong>Runtime:<\/strong> 42m<\/p>\n<p><strong>Country:<\/strong> United States<\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong> Turn Off the Machines follows Ethan Hughes, a radical homesteader in mid-coast Maine who lives entirely without electricity, global supply chains, or modern technological comforts. Raised in Gloucester to working class parents, an early tragedy shattered a happy childhood and set him on a path of radical resistance. Living deliberately below the poverty line, Ethan\u2019s life is not a retreat but a protest against capitalism, war, and ecological collapse. The film explores his convictions, his family\u2019s daily rhythms, and the tensions that arise when belief meets the demands of life.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/1095510690\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to watch the trailer \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/totmfilm.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Visit the official website \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: SOFF<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026 Official Selection: Featurette &#8211; Documentary Turn Off the Machines follows Ethan Hughes, a radical homesteader in mid-coast Maine who lives entirely without electricity, global supply chains, or modern technological comforts. Screening date &amp; tickets \u2014 to be announced Director(s): Joseph El-Khoury, Muhammad Yusuf Khattak Producer(s): Joseph El-Khoury, Muhammad Yusuf Khattak, Jack Ruefli Key Cast: &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=4067\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Turn Off The Machines&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sherman-oaks-film-festival"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4067\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}