Kenneth Turan of the LA Times comments:
Synopsis of "The Garden"
The Garden is an engaging and powerful look at the famous political and social battle over the largest community garden in the U.S (located in south central Los Angeles). A follow-up to Kennedy's award-winning documentary, OT: Our Town, the film shows how the politics of power and greed (backroom deals, land developing, green politics, money) tragically intersect with working class families who rely on this communal garden for their livelihood. Equal parts The Wire and Harlan County, USA, The Garden exposes the fault lines in American society and raises crucial and challenging questions about liberty, equality, and justice for the poorest and most vulnerable among us.
Opened April 24, 2009 Runtime:1 hr. 20 min.
Cast: Derek Jarman, Tilda Swinton, John Mills, Jody Graber, Kevin Collins, Pete Lee-Wilson, Philip MacDonald, Roger Cook
Director: Derek Jarman
Genres: Gay & Lesbian Films, Drama, Avant-garde / Experimental, Surrealist Film
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It's tempting to call "The Garden" a story of innocence and experience, of evil corrupting paradise, but that would be doing a disservice to the fascinating complexities of a classic Los Angeles conflict and an excellent documentary that does them full justice. Produced and directed by Scott Hamilton Kennedy, “The Garden” takes us behind the scenes into the fierce battle over a 14-acre community garden at 41st and Alameda known as the South-Central Farm, a dispute that turned so bitter and protracted it is still going on. As much as it is a potent human drama, “The Garden” is a case study in how hardball politics is played and why it is so difficult to take on the system. Not that anyone has given up the fight.
Synopsis of "The Garden"
The Garden is an engaging and powerful look at the famous political and social battle over the largest community garden in the U.S (located in south central Los Angeles). A follow-up to Kennedy's award-winning documentary, OT: Our Town, the film shows how the politics of power and greed (backroom deals, land developing, green politics, money) tragically intersect with working class families who rely on this communal garden for their livelihood. Equal parts The Wire and Harlan County, USA, The Garden exposes the fault lines in American society and raises crucial and challenging questions about liberty, equality, and justice for the poorest and most vulnerable among us.
Opened April 24, 2009 Runtime:1 hr. 20 min.
Cast: Derek Jarman, Tilda Swinton, John Mills, Jody Graber, Kevin Collins, Pete Lee-Wilson, Philip MacDonald, Roger Cook
Director: Derek Jarman
Genres: Gay & Lesbian Films, Drama, Avant-garde / Experimental, Surrealist Film
Local showtimes for your zip from Fandango.com
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