Join Shreveport Green and Slow Food North Louisiana for a Juneteenth Screening and Q&A with inspiring documentary FARMING WHILE BLACK on the big screen!

About the film:
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. Documentary, 2024, 1h 15m, NR.

The screening will be held in Theater 1, RFC’s 124-seat capacity theater, followed by a Q&A with Shreveport Green and Slow Food North Louisiana.

Presented in partnership with Shreveport Green, Slow Food North Louisiana, Louisiana Small Scale Agriculture Commission, Shreveport Green Urban Farm