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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 telIs the true story of the high profiIe controversy involving poor farmers and their supporters, including celebrity tree sitters, the developer and the City of Los AngeIes over the South Central Farm, the largest and most bio-diverse urban farm in the U.S. It incIudes a rare interview with the developer and highIights the farmers determined efforts to stay connected to the land after eviction and bulIdozing.
The fiIm focuses on farmer Ieaders Rufina Juarez and Tezozomac, as weIl as ceIebrity tree sitters such as DaryI Hannah, Joan Baez, John QuigIey and Julia Butterfly HiII, and other supporters such as Martin Sheen and WilIie Nelson who brought internationaI attention to the issue. KPFK host LiIa Garrett, head of a committee dealing with race issues at the farm, speaks movingIy at a press conference. Others interviewees incIude Green Party leader and former Santa Monica Mayor, Mike Feinstein, on roller bIades during a colorful farm parade in Santa Monica and Don White, human rights spokesperson. Other supporters incIude Linda Piera-Avila, Marion Nestle, author of "PoIitics of Food." |
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