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Check it out: The Garden

Posted: November 20 2008
home_imageThis came to us via Comfood...looks like another great film.
If you're in Washington, DC area, don't miss this powerful and emotional film about an L.A. community fighting to save their garden and their livelihood...

Wednesday, November 19th
a fundraiser for the 7th Street Garden, a community food project in the nations capital. (www.7thstreetgarden.squarespace.com)

THE GARDEN
A film by Scott Hamilton Kennedy
with special preview of The Garden Cyclers movie trailer.
Screening at the Goethe Theater (812 7th Street, NW). Doors 6pm. Film Starts 6:30pm. Seasonal foods and drinks will be served.
Tickets $20 each (though more is appreciated). Available at the door OR online at America the Beautiful Fund's web site. **If buying online you must write in the Comment box that you are purchasing tickets for The Garden movie.**
View the trailers:
http://www.thegardenmovie.com/trailer
http://womensgardencycles.wordpress.com/
THE GARDEN
BEST DOCUMENTARY, AFI SILVERDOCS FILM FESTIVAL
BEST DOCUMENTARY, CAMDEN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
This award-winning documentary chronicles the complex and emotional story of the destruction of Los Angeles' South Central Farm. Created from the ashes of the L.A. riots in 1992, the South Central Farm was the largest urban farm in the United States until its destruction in 2006. "The Garden" follows the farmers as they organize and launch an impassioned public battle to save the farm. The film documents the farmers' struggle against the city's backroom deals, and exposes the underlying issues of money, power, poverty and racial discord. The film explores the fault lines in American society, raising crucial and challenging questions about liberty, equality, and justice for the poorest and most vulnerable among us.
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