Ujamaa: A Co-op Culture Story is a short documentary that explores how government programs in the 1950s and 60s attempted urban renewal but sadly resulted in poverty and health food inequity in the historic African American neighborhood of West Oakland, California. Rather than focusing on the problem, this documentary illustrates how worker-owned cooperatives are an empowering vehicle to build a resilient, healthy community.African Americans disproportionately reside in food deserts and are affected by preventable health diseases like diabetes and obesity. This film explores how to counter these negative trends by introducing viewers to cooperative business and unfolds the history of black cooperatives and collective economics by highlighting organizations who practiced these principles like The Freedom Farmers and The Black Panther Party.