Sharecrop (2017)

SHARECROP showcases the experience of 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 raises the question of whether there were some sustainable aspects of this lost way of life.