The Garden (2008 film)

The Garden is a 2008 American documentary film directed by Scott Hamilton Kennedy. It tells the story of the now demolished South Central Farm; a community garden and urban farm located in Los Angeles, California. The Garden details the plight of the South Central Farmers, a mostly Latinx community of farmers who organized and worked on the farm. After a suspected back room deal, the land upon which the farm operated was sold from the city back to the original owner, Richard Horowitz. He then decided he did not want to allow the farmers to use it anymore. Despite efforts to keep their farm, the South Central Farmers were evicted and their garden was bulldozed. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature on 22 January 2008.

The Garden
Promotional film poster
Directed byScott Hamilton Kennedy
Written byScott Hamilton Kennedy
Music byDoug DeAngelis
Gabriel Tenorio
CinematographyScott Hamilton Kennedy
Edited byAlex Blatt
Tyson FitzGerald
Scott Hamilton Kennedy
Production
company
Black Valley Films
Distributed byOscilloscope Laboratories
Release date
  • June 18, 2008 (2008-06-18)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish / Spanish

The Garden includes appearances by Danny Glover, Daryl Hannah, and Antonio Villaraigosa.

Awards

The Garden was nominated for Best Documentary Feature in the 81st Academy Awards.[1]

The International Documentary Association nominated it for the Pare Lorentz Award.

It won the Grand Jury Award from the 2008 Silverdocs Documentary Festival.

See also

References
  1. "The 81st Academy Awards (2009) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Archived from the original on November 10, 2014. Retrieved November 20, 2011.


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