FOLLOW THE DRINKING GOURD
A feature documentary about the Black food justice movement
NOW STREAMING ON KWELITV
2023 ONE EARTH FILM FESTIVAL
2022 REFRAME FILM FESTIVAL
2021 ALL LIVING THINGS ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL
2021 ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL
2020 UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION FILM FESTIVAL
2020 AFRO-SCI FILM FESTIVAL
2020 SAN FRANCISCO BLACK FILM FESTIVAL
2020 PRINCETON ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL
2020 DENTON BLACK FILM FESTIVAL (invitational)
2020 WILD & SCENIC FILM FESTIVAL
2019 OKLAHOMA BLACK FILM FESTIVAL
Follow the Drinking Gourd is a full-length documentary produced by Liberated Lens, a volunteer, horizontally-run, social justice film collective. Family-friendly, funny and moving, this 60-minute film connects the legacy of slavery, land loss and climate change to our fight for food security.
The film features many Black food justice activists from across the movement:
Leah Penniman - Soul Fire Farm, author of Farming While Black
Naima Penniman - Climbing Poetree
stic.man - dead prez
Mr. Will Scott - African-American Farmers of California
Wanda Stewart - Obisdian Farm
Chanowk Yisrael - Yisrael Family Farm
Rahanna Bisseret Martinez - Top Chef Junior finalist
Adrionna Fike - Mandela Grocery Cooperative
Dr. Gail Myers - Freedom Farmers Market
Ben Burkett - Federation of Southern Cooperatives
Jamil Burns - Raised Roots Farms
Questions?
shirah *at* shirah dedman. com