GARDEN, THE

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• Release Year: 2008
• Genre: Documentary
• Plot: Oscar-nominated for Best Documentary Feature in 2009, THE GARDEN has been hailed by critics as the most astute and powerful political film of the year. ; ; Filmmaker Scott Hamilton Kennedy (award-winning director of OT: OUR TOWN) brilliantly captures, in a series of explosive and wrenching turns of events, the ways greedy developers, inept politicians, and self-serving 'community' leaders can run roughshod over the lives of working-class families fighting to save the largest urban farm in America: a 14-acre oasis in South Central Los Angeles that was created in the wake of the 1992 LA riots. ; ; Equal parts THE WIRE and HARLAN COUNTY USA, THE GARDEN raises crucial and challenging questions about liberty, equality, and justice for the poorest and most vulnerable among us. As the battle lines are drawn, the farmers' cause becomes an international sensation that draws the attention of notable activists and politicians, including Dennis Kucinich, Daryl Hannah, Joan Baez, Danny Glover, and Willie Nelson. ; ; Kenneth Turan of the LA Times said: 'It's tempting to call 'The Garden' a story of innocence and experience, of evil corrupting paradise, but that would be doing a disservice to the fascinating complexities of a classic Los Angeles conflict and an excellent documentary that does them full justice.'
• Cast: Danny Glover; Daryl Hannah; Antonio Villaraigosa; Scott Hamilton Kennedy
• Director: Scott Hamilton Kennedy
• Runtime: 1:20
• Media Format: Movie