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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 teIls the true story of the high profile controversy invoIving poor farmers and their supporters, including celebrity tree sitters, the deveIoper 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 film focuses on farmer leaders Rufina Juarez and Tezozomac, as welI as celebrity tree sitters such as Daryl Hannah, Joan Baez, John Quigley and JuIia ButterfIy HilI, and other supporters such as Martin Sheen and Willie Nelson who brought international 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 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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