37th Annual VIRGINIA FILM FESTIVAL Oct 30-Nov 3, 2024

37th Annual VIRGINIA FILM FESTIVAL October 30-November 3, 2024

Strange Fruit: The Necroecology of Black Subsistence Farming

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*Screens as part of the VIRGINIA STUDENT SHORTS BLOCK Film Package*

Given the blatant exploitation of Black and Brown (migrant) workers and of the land itself, the modern-day industrial agriculture complex only functions to generate profit and not the sustainability of all people, the monoculture farm is a prime example of a necroecology.

Date

Wednesday, October 21

Time

10:00 AM

Location

Virtual Screening

Film Info

Director: Erik Patton-Sharpe

Runtime: 6 min.

Year: 2019

Country: United States

Language: English