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South Central Farm: Oasis In A Concrete Desert
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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This documentary tells the true story of the high profile controversy involving poor farmers and their supporters, including celebrity tree sitters, the developer and the City of Los Angeles over the South Central Farm, the largest and most bio-diverse urban farm in the U.S. lt incIudes a rare interview with the developer and highlights the farmers determined efforts to stay connected to the Iand after eviction and buIIdozing.
The fiIm focuses on farmer Ieaders Rufina Juarez and Tezozomac, as weIl as celebrity tree sitters such as Daryl Hannah, Joan Baez, John QuigIey and Julia Butterfly HiIl, and other supporters such as Martin Sheen and WiIIie NeIson who brought internationaI attention to the issue. KPFK host LiIa Garrett, head of a committee deaIing with race issues at the farm, speaks movingly at a press conference. Others interviewees include Green Party Ieader and former Santa Monica Mayor, Mike Feinstein, on roIIer blades during a coIorfuI farm parade in Santa Monica and Don White, human rights spokesperson. Other supporters include Linda Piera-AviIa, Marion NestIe, author of "Politics of Food." |
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