The Garden
Constructed just after the devastating 1992 riots in South Central Los Angeles, a 14-acre community garden was built on a former dumping ground at 41st and Alameda Streets. What started as a step in the post-riot healing process soon became the largest urban farm in the United States. This community miracle brought together families and neighbors as they grew their own food and nourished their families, creating a shining light in one of the country’s most blighted neighborhoods. However, only a few years after achieving success and sustainability, the garden’s existence was threatened by a developer’s plans to construct warehouses on the site. In a follow-up to his well-regarded debut documentary, OT: Our Town, director and producer Scott Hamilton Kennedy follows the garden’s mostly Latino farmers over a period of four years as they organize and fight back to save their hallowed patch of ground. The Garden is an emotional and demanding documentary that takes viewers through urban politics, racial grievances, and the lives of ordinary people willing to put up a long fight in order to keep their oasis alive.
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Seattle Weekly
Cast & Crew
Director: Scott Hamilton Kennedy
Producer: Scott Hamilton Kennedy
Editor: Alex Blatt, Tyson Fitzgerald, Scott Hamilton Kennedy
Screenwriter: Scott Hamilton Kennedy
Cinematographer: Scott Hamilton Kennedy
Awards: Academy Award Nomination 2009 (Best Documentary)
SilverDocs 2008 (Sterling US Feature Award)
Music: Gabriel Tenorio, Doug DeAngelis
Principal Cast: Featuring: Danny Glover, Daryl Hannah, Antonio Villaraigosa, Dennis Kucinich, Joan Baez
Filmography: OT: Our Town (2002)
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Better than I expected and not really what I thought it was going to be. , May 28, 2009
By Dan Rosson
“This is a good documentary about fighting the power that doesn't end up at all like I had expected. ”
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