Land of Promise

Pamela Harris, Executive Director of Iris Films, has just informed us that she has placed her 2007 documentary Land of Promise: the Story of Allensworth on YouTube and Vimeo. In Land of Promise, Harris captures the battle to stop two mega dairies from being built next to Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park, on the eve of the town’s 100^th anniversary. 

The film includes interviews with Alice Royal who was born in her grandparents Allensworth home in 1923, Ed Pope who spearheaded the campaign to build the state park, Mayor Nettie Morrison who lead the campaign to stop the mega dairies, Lupe Martinez an advocate for Allensworth, and Frank Medina who migrated from Texas to Allensworth in the late 60’s.

 Harris was a co-director of “Waging a Living,” a PBS documentary that looks at the daily life of four people that are “hustling backwards”; the growing number of Americans that work full-time but still live below the federal poverty level.

Harris is currently working on two projects, Afro Uruguay: Forward Together – a documentary centered on the efforts of two courageous Uruguayans that are fighting to make a better life for the economically marginalized Afro Uruguayan community, and Intentional Black Communities in America – a pictorial history of Intentional black towns in America.

Pamela Harris we thank you for sharing Land of Promise.