THE FORGIVING EARTH documents the voices of Detroit's 21st century urban farmers as they toil, against all odds, to transform a bankrupt city into a "green and pleasant land." Every garden in the city is an autobiography. Each voice in the film tells a singular story of restoring the earth in order to overcome the effects of drug abuse, incarceration, racism, injustice, poverty, or neglect. Ultimately, these voices converge in a chorus of private dreams, public outrage and hopes for Detroit's regrowth.