Martha’s Vineyard Film Society in Collaboration With Vineyard Conservation Society Presents 10th Annual Martha’s Vineyard Environmental Film Festival.

Schedule:

4:00pm - Farming While Black

Farming While Black is a Feature-length Documentary Film Which Examines the Historical Plight of Black Farmers in the United States and the Rising Generation of Black Farmers Reclaiming Their Rightful Ownership to Land and Reconnecting With Their Ancestral Roots.

As the Co-founder of Soul Fire Farm in Upstate New York, Leah Penniman Finds Strength in the Deep Historical Knowledge of African Agrarianism – Agricultural Practices That Can Heal People and the Planet. Influenced and Inspired by Karen Washington, a Pioneer in Urban Community Gardens in New York City, and Fellow Farmer and Organizer Blain Snipstal, Leah Galvanizes Around Farming as the Basis of Revolutionary Justice.

In 1910, Black Farmers Owned 14 Percent of All American Farmland. Over the Intervening Decades, That Number Fell Below Two Percent, the Result of Racism, Discrimination, and Dispossession. The Film Chronicles Penniman and Two Other Black Farmers’ Efforts to Reclaim Their Agricultural Heritage. Collectively, Their Work Has a Major Impact, as Each is a Leader in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Justice Movements.

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7:30pm - We’re All Plastic People Now

We’re All Plastic People Now is an Emmy Winning Documentary Introduced by Ted Danson and Featured at the 2024 Santa Fe Film Festival.

It’s in the Air. It’s in the Water. In an Era of Throw-away Ease, Plastic Has Cost Us Our Well-being. It’s Been Found Inside Our Bodies, Our Colons, Our Brains, in Breast Milk and Developing Wombs. Now, It’s Even in Our Hearts.

This Groundbreaking Film, for the First Time Ever, Tests the Producer’s Blood and Four Generations of Family Members for Chemicals Derived From Plastic. The Results Are Alarming.

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Date: May 23-26, 2024