The Garden (2008 film)

The Garden

Promotional film poster
Directed by Scott Hamilton Kennedy
Written by Scott Hamilton Kennedy
Music by Doug DeAngelis
Gabriel Tenorio
Cinematography Scott Hamilton Kennedy
Edited by Alex Blatt
Tyson FitzGerald
Scott Hamilton Kennedy
Production
company
Black Valley Films
Distributed by Oscilloscope Laboratories
Release dates
  • June 18, 2008 (2008-06-18)
Running time
 80 minutes
Country United States
Language English / Spanish

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 farmers who organized and worked on the farm. The owner of the lot decided he didn't want to allow the farmers to use it anymore, and had the garden bulldozed. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature on 22 January 2009.

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.

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


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