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9/20 Tuesday 4:30 pm-6:30 p.m. @ Holy Names University
>> Remothering the Land (10:38)
Young Black Farmers like Will Smith, a recent graduate of UC Berkeley, work small tracts of available farmland on Huchiun ancestral territory in the Bay Area, California. Will and other farmers share space with members of the Sogorea Té Land Trust, the Indigenous, women-led community focusing on ecological farming and food justice. Their mission to rematriate land aims to restore people to their rightful place in sacred relationship to their ancestral land.
As a field team member of STLT, Nazshonnii Brown-Almaweri works with Will to supply fresh organic food to anyone who lacks access to it in their East Bay communities. To both Will and Naz, regenerative-organic farming practices are nothing new. They point out that Indigenous people are indeed the original regenerative organic farmers who have relevant knowledge — not only about growing food, but how to live in harmony with the planet and each other.
Both represent communities who have been adversely affected by the current U.S. food system, born of stolen land and labor. Colonization and slavery have left their impact for generations, where now 98% of farm land is White owned and operated. But, traditional Indigenous farming practices are being recognized, especially amidst a pandemic, a racial reckoning, and economic collapse, as a source of resiliency for local communities, as well as solutions for the larger issues facing our Mother Earth.
Directed by Mark Decena
When a young woman is shot by an undocumented immigrant on Pier 14 in San Francisco, the incident ignites a political and media furor that culminates in Donald Trump’s election as President of the United States. In the eye of this storm, two public defenders fight to reveal the truth.
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Jeff Adachi. – DirectorÂ
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Chihiro Wimbush. – DirectorÂ
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Jeff Adachi. – Producer
