This National Agriculture Day, we’re inviting our community to gather through a screening of Farming While Black, a powerful documentary that centers the voices of Black farmers across the United States.
Farming While Black, directed by Mark Decena, explores Afro-Indigenous farming practices, land access, resilience, and sovereignty through the lived experiences of Black farmers, offering context that is often missing from mainstream conversations about agriculture and food justice.
By hosting this screening, we hope to support external repair, deepen community relationships, and uplift the partners who do this work on the ground.
About the Event
Tuesday, March 24
5:00–7:30 PM
Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library
Hybrid: In-person + Zoom
The evening will include:
- A community welcome and opening context
- A screening of Farming While Black
- A facilitated post-film discussion and Q&A with local partners and special guests
This is a free, community-centered event, and all are welcome.
We are hosting this event as a brave space. This means we will be grounded in respect, care, and of course, bravery. This includes the bravery to ask and receive tough questions with grace. We’ll open the evening by naming both harm and the need for repair, and we invite attendees to engage with curiosity and humility.
This event is not a fundraiser. Instead, we invite attendees to participate in a pay-what-you-can donation option, with all proceeds directed to Mo’Betta Marketplace, a local Black-owned farmer’s market committed to providing low-cost produce to the community.
We’re grateful to the Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library for hosting this screening and for their ongoing role in preserving and sharing Black history in Colorado.
Join Us
Whether you’re a farmer, advocate, food systems professional, or community member curious to learn more, we hope you’ll join us for this evening of shared learning and conversation.
Register here.
Can’t attend in person? A Zoom link will be shared with registered participants.
If you have questions about accessibility, language interpretation, or the event format, please reach out to Jamie Petrie at jpetrie@provechocollective.org. We’re happy to connect.
