The Garden

Just finished watching Scott Hamilton Kennedy's superb 2008 documentary, The Garden. The film tells the story of the South Central Farm which, at 14 acres, was perhaps the largest urban farm in the United States, located in South Central Los Angeles. Farmed by 350 mostly poor, mostly Latino families, for subsistence purposes, the story of the "garden" is a riveting tale of craven politicians, spectacular self-sufficiency as a response to poverty, extraordinary courage, deep-seated racism and soul-shattering greed. It's a heartbreaking story that tell us everything we need to know about human rights in the Unites States in the early 21st century. Everyone needs to see this film.