LA - "The Garden" Screening (10.16.08)

THE MAK URBAN FUTURE INITIATIVE PRESENTS:
A Screening of "The Garden"
The award-winning documentary about the South Central Farm

Followed by Q & A with filmmaker Scott Hamilton Kennedy
and South Central Farmers representative Tezozomoc

Thursday, October 16, Reception at 6:30 pm, Screening at 7:15 pm

MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles
Schindler House
835 North Kings Road
West Hollywood, CA 90069

Admission is $7; $6 for seniors and students with valid I.D.; and free for Friends of the Schindler House.

Reservations are recommended. Please RSVP for this event by calling (323) 651-1510 or by email at office@makcenter.org.

The screening will be outdoors, so dress warmly! You are welcome to bring blankets if you would like to watch the film picnic-style.

Please join us on Thursday, October 16, for a special screening of "The Garden," followed by Q & A with the filmmaker Scott Hamilton Kennedy and South Central Farmers representative Tezozomoc. This award-winning documentary chronicles the complex and emotional story of the destruction of Los Angeles' South Central Farm. Created from the ashes of the L.A. riots in 1992, the South Central Farm was the largest urban farm in the United States until its destruction in 2006. "The Garden" follows the farmers as they organize and launch an impassioned public battle to save the farm. The film documents the farmers' struggle against the city's backroom deals, and exposes the underlying issues of money, power, poverty and racial discord. The film explores the fault lines in American society, raising crucial and challenging questions about liberty, equality, and justice for the poorest and most vulnerable among us.

"The Garden" won a Sterling Award for best U.S. feature at the 2008 SILVERDOCS. The jury praised the film for "its tenacity in storytelling in the face of injustice, and the filmmaker's singular vision in bringing a gripping, dramatic, and important story to the public eye." The Los Angeles Times calls it "an excellent documentary. . . its lessons about the levers of power and politics, about rebels becoming the establishment and how easy it is to get co-opted, are relevant everywhere. A potent human drama, "The Garden" is a case study in how hardball politics is played and why it is so difficult to take on the system."

To see a preview of the film, visit: http://www.blackvalleyfilms.com/trailer/.

MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles
at the Schindler House
835 North Kings Road
West Hollywood, CA 90069

Contact:
t: 323-651-1510
office@makcenter.org