Pig Earth marked John Bergers first return to television after Ways of Seeing The film boldly using mostly still photographs is based on Johns book of the same name which was both a work of fiction as well as a history of French Peasant experience as told by John the story teller as if in the peasants own voices All of which was given brilliant visual expression in the film through a series of beautifully edited sequences each constructed from vivid and moving photographs of peasants and their lives in black and white and colour by Johns friend and longtime collaborator the Swiss photographer Jean Mohr
