Movie: From the Black Earth

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Humphrey Lloyd
Humphrey Lloyd

Tara Miran
Tara Miran

Roy Kareem
Roy Kareem

Mark Barnaby
Mark Barnaby

Mandy Watson
Mandy Watson

Dee Woods
Dee Woods

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    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...

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    2022-04-04

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