Al Jazeera English - Witness: 40 Acres and a Dream
Like lightning in a bottle, the struggle of black farmers in America has been captured in vivid black and white moments by documentary photographer, John Ficara. The stories he hears capture a dying way of life.
Roger Lamar is a dairy farmer. He works the same land that has been in his family for generations. He faces the harsh reality that family farms are being consumed almost as quickly as the produce they grow, due in part he claims, to institutional discrimination from banks and the government.
Willy Adams is the next generation; his is the face of modern agri-business and farming globalisation. Yet, despite his hard work he knows that he will be the last in his family to work this land.
In this episode of the Al Jazeera English Witness series, Ficara has worked to capture their life stories and photograph their heritage before it evaporates.
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About Al Jazeera - Witness
Rageh Omaar presents Witness, a half-hour daily documentary series which features short, specially commissioned or acquired films gathered from independent filmmakers.
Each documentary reveals the unknown lives of ordinary people, following their lives, telling their stories and portraying the challenges that confront them. Our witnesses are people in a situation or those who have observed them first hand.
The films cover conflict, belief, the past and the future and as well as bringing new stories to light they showcase the talents of a new breed of multi-skilled, frontline journalist. In the studio, Rageh will further explore the issues raised in the films, with expert guests on the subject matter and the filmmakers themselves.
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