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The South’s Forgotten Farmers – SHARECROP
SHARECROP features stories from ten individuals who were involved in sharecropping during the segregation era. Sometimes called “the forgotten farmers”, sharecroppers were vital to agricultural production prior to widespread farm mechanization. Featuring rare archival footage and many period images, the film conveys what life was really like for cotton sharecroppers in the Mississippi Delta, tobacco sharecroppers in the Carolinas, and others. Sharecrop explores their lives, the way they worked, and how widespread peonage kept families bound to landowners. Dr. C. Sade Turnipseed, Professor of History at Mississippi Valley State University and head of the Cotton Pickers of American Historic Monument project, said “SHARECROP is one of only a few documentaries that effectively capture the authentic contemporary voice of sharecroppers.”
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