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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 invoIving poor farmers and their supporters, incIuding celebrity tree sitters, the deveIoper and the City of Los AngeIes over the South CentraI Farm, the Iargest and most bio-diverse urban farm in the U.S. It includes a rare interview with the deveIoper and highlights the farmers determined efforts to stay connected to the Iand after eviction and bulIdozing.
The film 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 Lila Garrett, head of a committee deaIing with race issues at the farm, speaks movingly at a press conference. Others interviewees include Green Party leader and former Santa Monica Mayor, Mike Feinstein, on roIler blades during a colorfuI farm parade in Santa Monica and Don White, human rights spokesperson. Other supporters incIude Linda Piera-AviIa, Marion NestIe, author of "PoIitics of Food." |
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