From: Scott Kennedy <stressbox@mindspring.com>Date: November 9, 2008 5:34:34 PM PSTTo: Scott Hamilton Kennedy <stressbox@mindspring. com>Subject: THE GARDEN screening in Los Angeles at the Red Nation Film Festival (GL 1+2)BEST DOCUMENTARY, AFI SILVERDOCS FILM FESTIVAL
BEST DOCUMENTARY, CAMDEN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
"We award this film for its tenacity in storytelling in the face of
injustice, and the filmmaker's singular vision in bringing a gripping,
dramatic, and important story to the public eye. THE GARDEN has raw emotion,
visceral energy, and nail-biting twists and turns. It unravels a complex and
layered tale of the destruction of America's largest urban farm that must not be forgotten."
The Silverdocs Sterling US Feature Jury
Winner, Best Documentary
"An excellent documentary…its lessons about the levers of power and politics,
about rebels becoming the establishment and how easy it is to get co-opted,
are relevant everywhere. 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."
Kenneth Turan
The Los Angeles Times
The Garden
A Film by Scott Hamilton Kennedy
Screening at The Red Nation Film Festival
Friday November 14, 2008, 9pm
Aranti Japan America Theater
244 S. San Pedro
Los Angeles, CA 90012
*Q/A with filmmaker and guests following screening*
Tickets are $12 and are available at the Box office and online. FREE admission for all students (under 25 years of age) with valid I.D. And, to make the festival affordable for all: after this first 200 paying customers, others will be allowed in on a 'pay what you can' suggested donation.
for more info :
818-904-9256
View the trailer (and join our website):www.thegardenmovie.com/trailer
THE GARDEN
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.