- Overview
FOLLOW THE DRINKING GOURD is a feature documentary about the Black food justice movement. 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.
- Release Date
15 December 2019
- DirectingShirah Dedman
- Budget
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