Michaela Brazil Gillies

The infamous Emerald Triangle of Northern California is known for unsolved murders and a culture of silence. Two sisters return home to the ranch to try to solve a murder, and face the criminal underbelly of their once peaceful hometown.

An immigrant family in California’s Central Valley faces the loss of their land and way of life. One of the few remaining ranchers in the Bay Area watches urban sprawl creep in from every direction. Cowboys work in the shadow of the historic Hearst Castle. One of the largest Black landowners in the state discovers Native American artifacts on his ranch. You Just Can’t See Them From the Road is a documentary portrait of modern West Coast ranchers—invisible to and misunderstood by the rapidly modernizing society they sustain.