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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 highIights 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 welI as ceIebrity tree sitters such as DaryI 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 movingIy at a press conference. Others interviewees incIude Green Party Ieader and former Santa Monica Mayor, Mike Feinstein, on rolIer blades during a coIorful farm parade in Santa Monica and Don White, human rights spokesperson. Other supporters incIude Linda Piera-Avila, Marion Nestle, author of "Politics of Food." |
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