Uploaded March 2023 | Updated September 2026, 23 hours ago

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Black ownership of farmland has dwindled to an alarmingly low number due to many factors including the exploitation of an obscure law, Heirs' Property. From Executive Producer Al Roker, Gaining Ground: The Fight for Black Land examines the causes, effects, and solutions to this issue.
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In just a few decades after the end of slavery, Black Americans were able to amass millions of acres of farmland. Today approximately 90% of that land is no longer in Black hands. Various tactics have been employed to take Black land including violence, eminent domain and government discrimination. But it is a little-known law, Heirs’ Property which has had a devastating effect on Black land ownership. Gaining Ground: The Fight for Black Land is a stirring documentary from Emmy-nominated Director Eternal Polk and explores the legacy of black farming in America, land use and loss, and how landowners are reclaiming their agricultural rights and creating paths to generational wealth.
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Learn more: gaininggroundthefilm.com
Written and Directed by Eternal Polk
Produced by Al Roker Entertainment
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