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This Black Soil: Story of Resistance and Rebirth

Subjects: African American Studies, Anthropology, Architecture, Art, Conflict Resolution, History, Human Rights, Poverty, Racism, Sociology, Women's Studies

Grade Level: SrH-Adult
Producer: Bullfrog Films
Closed Captioned: No

Running Time: 58 mins
Country of Origin: United States
Study Guide: No

Copyright Date: 2004
Available in French: No

This inspiring and provocative new film chronicles the successful struggle of Bayview, Virginia, a small and severely impoverished rural African-American community, to pursue a new vision of prosperity. Catalyzed by the defeat of a state plan to build a maximum-security prison in their backyard, the powerful women leaders and residents created the Bayview Citizens for Social Justicenon-profit organization, secured $10 million in grants, purchased the proposed prison site land and are now building a new community from the ground up. Under the leadership of visionary women, this new rural village challenges all conventional ideas of community development and includes not only improved and affordable housing, but a sustainable economic base to earn a living wage, a community center for educating its residents, a daycare center, laundromat, and a community farm, which not only provides jobs and income for the organization, but returns them to their roots, working on the land.

Awards: Director's Citation, Black Maria FestivalBulldozed! Film & Video FestivalJames River Film FestivalDownstream International Film FestivalCleveland International Film Festival Hazel Wolf Environmental Festival

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