Would you be interested in screening a new film by our well known long time African American food and farm colleague, Dr. Gail P. Myers, gpmyers@farmstogrow.com, called "Rhythms of the Land?" Dr. Myers describes it as “a valentine to generations of Black Farmers in the US from the enslavement period to the present whose intense love of the land and dedication to community enabled them to survive against all odds.”
https://www.rhythmsoftheland.com/
Please contact her at the email above if you are interested in screening this film, and a member of her team will reply.
I heard about the film through the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network which recently screened it!!! Gail, the filmmaker, was the very first person I met in the food and farm movements–more than 30 years ago at Ohio State University! She had organized a food and farm event at OSU which I attended, my very first. She was a love then and is a love now!!!
I am thrilled to be able to be back in touch with her and to promote her beautiful film to all.
“In 1920, says Dr. Myers, “there were over 920,000 Black families farming in the United States, although the majority were sharecroppers and tenant farmers. Today there are just over 48,697, a 95% decrease in 100 years. Black farming families have lost their land and their stories are quickly disappearing and should be preserved so that we may understand the history and nature of lives on the farms. The goal of this documentary is to preserve their stories and honor their lives and agrarian legacies.”
Rhythms of the Land is a Farms To Grow, Inc Production
for more information visit www.farmstogrow.com
Dr. Myers or her team will be happy to provide you whatever further information you may require! Thank you in advance for any consideration you give my request!!
Warmly,
Maria Whittaker
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