Farming While Black: Documentary Screening and Panel Discussion

Press release

FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Fairfield University’s College of Arts and Sciences will host a documentary screening and discussion of Farming While Black on Tuesday, March 18, from 4-6 p.m. in the Kelley Center Presentation Room. The event is free and open to the public.

Farming While Black is a documentary that explores the historical struggles of Black farmers in the United States, and the new generation reclaiming their land and heritage. Once owning 14 percent of farmland in the United States in 1910, Black farmers now own less than two percent due to land dispossession and systemic racism.

Following the documentary screening, a panel discussion will be held with Danielle Peláez, farm education manager at Soul Fire Farm, and Mark Decena, filmmaker and founder, Kontent Films.

Registration is requested but not required for the screening and panel discussion. The event is sponsored by the Humanities Institute, Environmental Studies Program, and the Center for Social Impact.