Grow a Better Dallas | movie | 2024 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

"Grow a Better Dallas" is a short documentary film showcasing South Dallas' Restorative Farms, a registered non-profit o | dG1fNHUtUUhmMi1WZVk

Transcript

00:00None of this was here

00:02Tyrone and I cleared basically everything by that fish line with our bare hands and a pair of hedge clippers

00:09We chopped down trees and we did everything man, but there was a club here as well as a crack house

00:17When I'd come to work in the morning

00:20Minute I'd open that gate people heard that

00:24Everybody was cattle

00:26Facing 99 years to life if convicted he took a plea deal of 40 with the promise

00:31He might be out in just four he stayed locked up

00:35For 26 the numbers for Tyrone day kept adding up

00:3926 years in prison after a 40-year sentence for a crime

00:43He didn't commit having spent over 26 years in prison wrongfully incarcerated

00:49He learned to farm in prison and became an horticulturist

00:53It was essential to have someone who knew what they were doing and somebody who really cared for the community

00:59If we can convince the community that this is a good path to take it will save their lives

01:05So, how can we grow food and grow lives better? Everyone has a purpose in life

01:11Mine is right here. I'm wanting to make a difference before I move on to another

01:15Dimension I could say that I'm doing it here. I'm at home now