Food for Thought Film
2009 Academy Award-nominated documentary: THE GARDEN - a film by Scott Hamilton Kennedy
Date: Saturday, February 28, 2pm
Location: Chula Vista Public Library
365 F Street, Chula Vista 91910 (one block south of E St., between 4th & 5th Avenues)
THE GARDEN is a moving documentary about the fourteen-acre community garden in South Central Los Angeles, the largest of its kind in the United States. Started as a form of healing after the devastating L.A. riots in 1992, the South Central Farmers created a miracle in one of the country’s most blighted neighborhoods. Growing their own food. Feeding their families. Creating a community. Then, bulldozers were poised to level their 14-acre oasis.
THE GARDEN follows the plight of the farmers, from the tilled soil of this urban farm to the polished marble of City Hall. Mostly immigrants from Latin America, from countries where they feared for their lives if they were to speak out, we watch them organize, fight back, and demand answers:
Why was the land sold to a wealthy developer for millions less than fair-market value?
Why was the transaction done in a closed-door session of the LA City Council?
Why have the details never been made public?
The film event also includes a discussion about the local food movement in our area and ways you can help support the return to locally grown, fresh and healthy food.
Oh, and it is FREEEE!!!
