Title Arc of justice : the rise, fall and rebirth of a beloved community / Open Studio Productions ; produced and directed by Helen S. Cohen & Mark Lipman ; co-producer, John Emmeus Davis

Published [United States] : New Day Films, 2016 ©2016

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Description 1 online resource (1 video file (23 min.)) : sound, color with black and white sequences Summary This film traces the remarkable journey of New Communities, Inc. and the struggle for racial justice and economic empowerment among African Americans in southwest Georgia. NCI was created in 1969 in Albany, Georgia by leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, including Congressman John Lewis, and Charles and Shirley Sherrod, to help secure economic independence for African American families. For 15 years, NCI cooperatively farmed nearly 6,000 acres, the largest tract of land in the United States owned by African Americans at the time, but racist opposition prevented them from implementing plans to build 500 affordable homes as part of their community land trust. Unable to secure government loans to cope with the impact of successive years of drought, NCI lost the land to foreclosure in 1985. But 25 years later it was given new life as a result of a successful and little-known class action lawsuit brought by hundreds of African American farmers against the U.S. Department of Agriculture for loan discrimination. With the settlement, the original founders purchased a 1,600-acre plantation once owned by the largest slave owner and richest man in Georgia. NCI is now growing pecans and using the antebellum mansion on the property as a retreat and training center, still committed to its original mission of promoting racial justice and economic development Analysis Documentary-style films Notes Originally produced by New Day Films in 2016 Credits Director of photography, Rick Butler ; editor/sound recordist, Mark Lipman ; music, Tom Philips (OBT Music), Charles Sherrod & Emory Harris, Southwest Georgia Project singers Director of photography, Rick Butler ; editor, Mark Lipman Performer Shirley Sherrod, Charles Sherrod, John Lewis Participants: Shirley Sherrod, John Lewis, Charles Sherrod Notes Soundtrack in English; closed captioned Description based on online resource; title from title frame (Kanopy, viewed April 2, 2020) Subject New Communities, Inc Collective farms -- Georgia Collective settlements -- Georgia African Americans -- Land tenure African American farmers -- Georgia African Americans -- Suffrage -- Georgia African Americans -- Georgia -- Economic conditions Civil rights demonstrations -- Georgia -- Albany African Americans -- History -- 1877-1964. African Americans -- History -- 1964- African Americans -- Civil rights -- History Land tenure -- Georgia -- History African Americans -- Suffrage African American farmers African Americans African Americans -- Civil rights African Americans -- Economic conditions African Americans -- Land tenure Civil rights demonstrations Collective farms Collective settlements Land tenure Rural conditions Georgia -- Rural conditions -- History Georgia -- Rural conditions Georgia Georgia -- Albany Genre/Form documentary film. Feature films Video recordings for the hearing impaired Short films Nonfiction films Documentary films History Documentary films. Short films. Nonfiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Feature films. Documentaires. Courts métrages. Films autres que de fiction. Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives. Form Streaming video Author Cohen, Helen S., film director, film producer Lipman, Mark (Documentary filmmaker), film director, film producer, editor of moving image work. Davis, John Emmeus, 1949- film producer. Butler, Rick, director of photography Sherrod, Shirley, 1948- on-screen participant. Sherrod, Charles, 1937-2022, on-screen participant. Lewis, John, 1940-2020, on-screen participant. Open Studio Productions, production company. New Day Films, film distributor.

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