COMMON GROUND

in-person film screening

Brought to you by Urban Soils Institute
leading up to USI’s annual soils symposium
Soils Building Health” NYC 10/16 + 17
along with community partners and co-hosts
Red Dirt Studio and New Brooklyn Farms

THURSDAY OCTOBER 8, 2026
6p doors, 7p FILM

RED DIRT STUDIO
4051 34th St
Mount Rainier, MD 20712

Common Ground is the highly anticipated sequel to the juggernaut success documentary, Kiss the Ground, which touched over 1 billion people globally and inspired the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to put $20 billion toward soil health. By fusing journalistic expose’ with deeply personal stories from those on the front lines of the food movement, Common Ground unveils a dark web of money, power, and politics behind our broken food system. The film reveals how unjust practices forged our current farm system in which farmers of all colors are literally dying to feed us. The film profiles a hopeful and uplifting movement of white, black, and indigenous farmers who are using alternative “regenerative” models of agriculture that could balance the climate, save our health, and stabilize America’s economy – before it’s too late.

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