Join us for a Q&A after the screening with Vincent Mann, Turtle Clan Chief of the Ramapough Lenape Nation, Michaeline Picaro, a member of the Turtle Clan and Professor Anita Bakshi, who teaches at Rutgers in the Department of Landscape Architecture.

In September 2020 the documentary crew filmed a talking circle of Ramapough elders, relations, and partners at the Munsee Three Sisters Medicinal Farm. The resulting documentary - The Meaning of the Seed - is structured along the layers of the landscape. 

The first section, SOIL, describes the history of contamination in Ringwood and the contaminated ground that many Native Americans live on or near. 

SEED recounts the struggles of the Ramapough and their cultural connections to the land.

GROWTH chronicles the cultural restoration program and efforts to work towards food sovereignty through their recently inaugurated Munsee Three Sisters Medicinal Farm in Newton, NJ. 

Finally, SUNLIGHT is a call to action, as the talking circle participants urge a younger generation to become involved.