From the Black Earth

  • April 2022
  • 19mins

  • Documentary
  • Directed by

    Bashart Malik,

    Starring

    Tara Miran,

    Roy Kareem,

    Mark Barnaby,

    Mandy Watson

    ...

    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...