CircleSpeak is a highly acclaimed, independently-produced feature-length documentary on the history of the British crop circles from 1978 through the 2004 crop circle season. Based on years of research, the film is arguably the most thorough and balanced presentation of the crop circle story ever documented on film. Virtually all of the original British researchers are interviewed and shown in historical video footage, as well as most of the modern day experts, writers and webmasters who report on the latest developments. But it’s not just the researchers who have played a major role in the story. CircleSpeak introduces us to other people – the farmers, the police and even several generations of self-proclaimed hoaxers who also claim a share of the crop circle story.

The film combines the history of the phenomenon with the unfolding events of one crop circle summer in southern England – the 2001 crop circle season. It was a watershed year for the people at the heart of the story. The previous summer had seen some of the most complex and exciting formations ever, and the 2001 season was greeted with the hope of a new millennium and the possibility that real ‘contact’ was at hand. But it also corresponded with the year of Foot and Mouth disease and an epidemic that caused Britain’s agricultural community to close down access to the fields and footpaths of England. This was a tense and dramatic season which culminated, surprisingly, with the largest crop circle formation ever recorded – a formation called “the mother of all crop circles.”

In addition to the people, CircleSpeak is full of beautiful aerial footage of the major crop circles from the late 1980s through the 2004 season. The filmmakers were fortunate to gain access to American videographer Peter Sorensen’s extensive collection of aerial and ground footage from 1992 to 2004. The DVD is full of beautiful photography of the Wiltshire and Hampshire landscapes that host the majority of the world’s crop circles each summer.