Time moves differently in the parched land of New Mexico’s Mimbres Valley. It blends in the wind, settles in the dust, and echoes in the voices of men who have spent their lives riding land that grinds slowly, changing — in some ways, disappearing.

Filmmaker Tamar Lando has returned to this landscape for nearly a decade to document what remains of the fading way of life. Her film, Land with No Rider, is neither narration-driven nor sweeping social commentary. The film unfolds instead through the quiet, unguarded reflections of aging ranchers — Anglo and Hispanic — whose lives are deeply intertwined with the land they cultivate.