About this Event
Join us for an evening of film and discussion about black farmers, food soveriegnty, equity, reclaiming land and agricultural heritage.
We'll gather, enjoy drink offerings, mingle, learn and be inspired!
In celebration of the Summer Solstice and the longest day of the year, we can expect cooler temperatures out here by the ocean.
Bundle UP! Dress for the weather at Ocean Beach! Bring a Blanket!
This is a rustic, outdoor experience here in the Outer Sunset. We situate ourselves amongst the garden beds. Bring a camper chair if you have one!
Films:
FARMING WHILE BLACK
Reclaiming Land and Agricultural Heritage
Written & Directed by Mark Decena
TAKE THE LAND BLACK
Produced by McCalman Co
7:30pm Gather
8:00pm Panel Discussion
9pm Film Screenings
Panelists: Marc Decena, Natalie Baszile, Moderated by George McCalman
Enjoy Wine tastings of the Hybrid Rosé from Filoli Gardens by Wines of North American Press X 280 Project
And Magic Hibiscus-Ginger Love Potion, conjured and served by Manny McCall
More About the Films:
FARMING WHILE BLACK, Reclaiming Land & Agricultural Heritage
Documentary Film Written & Directed by Mark Decena, 75min. Executive Production
Kontent Films
Leah Penniman, co-founder of Soul Fire Farm, reflects on the plight of Black farmers in the United States. From the height of Black-owned farms at 14% in 1910 to less than 2% today. Leah and her Soul Fire Farm cohorts help propel a rising generation finding strength in the deep historical knowledge of African agrarianism - and its potential to save the planet.
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.
TAKE THE LAND BLACK, Produced by McCalman Co.
Celebrates the work of EARTHseed Farm + Permaculture Center
Established in March, 2021, EARTHseed Farm is a 14-acre solar-powered organic farm and orchard located on the ancestral lands of the Coast Miwok and Southern Pomo Peoples in Sonoma County, California.
With the permission and blessings of Graton Rancheria Tribe, our farm is operated and rooted in AfroIndigenous permaculture principles, and built on the long legacy of earth wisdom traditions of people of African descent. Permaculture is a relationship-based ecological design system embedded in indigenous wisdom that elevates ecosystem health while meeting human needs.
We run a Wholesale program, a U-Pick from July to November (open to the public), and Educational Programs prioritizing people of African descent and other communities of color, so that we may support our communities to live in right relationship with our Earth, while healing generations of historic harms.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Far Out West Dune Community Garden, 1399 43rd Avenue, San Francisco, United States
USD 10.00