Roger Williams Park Botanical Center
Floral Ave, Providence, RI 02905
Tickets are free with a suggested $10 donation
RSVP required
This screening is shown in partnership with Roger Williams Park Conservancy
ABOUT THE FILM: Farming While Black is a feature-length documentary film which examines the historical plight of Black farmers in the United States and the rising generation reclaiming their rightful ownership to land and reconnecting with their ancestral roots.
As the co-founder of Soul Fire Farm in upstate New York, Leah Penniman finds strength in the deep historical knowledge of African agrarianism – agricultural practices that can heal people and the planet. Influenced and inspired by Karen Washington, a pioneer in urban community gardens in New York City, and fellow farmer and organizer Blain Snipstal, Leah galvanizes around farming as the basis of revolutionary justice.
In 1910, Black farmers owned 14 percent of all American farmland. Over the intervening decades, that number fell below two percent, the result of racism, discrimination, and dispossession. The film chronicles Penniman and two other Black farmers’ efforts to reclaim their agricultural heritage. Collectively, their work has a major impact, as each is a leader in sustainable agriculture and food justice movements.
6:30 PM: | Venue Opens |
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7:00 PM: | Film Starts |
8:15 PM: | Open Forum and Community Conversation - light refreshments provided by Farm Fresh RI |
Run time: | 75 mins |
Directors: | Mark Decena |
Producers: | Liz Lupino Decena |