Closing Day Film Screening: SEEDS
123 minutes · B&W · United States
We are honored to host a special screening of SEEDS, an extraordinary and widely celebrated documentary that interweaves the stories of three Black generational farmers into a collective portrait of farming, legacy, and resilience in America today.
Filmed with remarkable intimacy, SEEDS invites viewers into the heart of daily farm life — cotton harvests, tending livestock, fixing equipment, and navigating the financial precarity that small Black farmers disproportionately face. Through small, tender moments — conversations through car windows, laughter between generations, candy shared from a grandmother’s purse — the film honors the connection between family, land, and memory.
Alongside its beauty, SEEDS confronts a sobering truth:
Black farmers once owned 16 million acres of land in 1910; today, only a sliver remains. The farmers featured in the film struggle to access support that nearby white farmers receive with ease, exposing the enduring cycles of inequity that continue to shape American agriculture.
Yet, SEEDS is ultimately a story of hope. Through intergenerational voices, the film uplifts renewal, resistance, and the younger farmers working to rebuild what was taken — preserving land, heritage, and community for the future.
Winner of more than 20 awards — including the Grand Jury Award at Sundance, Full Frame, SIFF, and more — SEEDS is a profound and timely reflection on what it means to belong to the land, to honor ancestry, and to fight for a future rooted in justice.
Join us for this powerful closing event on Sunday, December 7, as we reflect on the Summit’s theme: Healing Land, Healing Communities.
Screening is included with a full conference pass. A Sunday-only day pass is also available.