From the Black Earth is a collaboration between Bristol based company Cables and Cameras, and a local farmer Humphrey Lloyd. Employing both lucid speakers and poetic camera work, the film poses stark questions such as; why does food poverty exist in a nation of plenty, and why are people of colour so under represented not only in our countryside and farms, but in the environmental movement more broadly? By giving a platform to people of colour who are connecting with nature and working the land, this short documentary starts to unpick these questions...
- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: Cables & Cameras
- Keyword: agriculture, food, organic, social justice, gardening, farming, bristol, sustainability, racial justice, black british, british asian
- Cast: Humphrey Lloyd, Tara Miran, Roy Kareem, Mark Barnaby, Mandy Watson, Dee Woods