Special Screening of “THE GARDEN” - Thursday, October 16th - 7:15 PM - At the MAK Center for Art & Architecture in West Hollywood - Reception at 6:30 PM - Admission is $7
MAK Center 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 16th
Screening at 7:15 PM
Reception at 6:30 PM
MAK Center for Art and Architecture
The Schindler House
835 North Kings Road, West Hollywood 90069
Admission is $7; $6 for seniors and students with valid I.D. 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
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On Thursday, October 16th, the MAK Center for Art and Architecture will present 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/
More about the MAK Urban Future Initiative
Funded by a major grant from the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the MAK Urban Future Initiative (UFI) is a fellowship program in which cultural researchers from diverse nations come to Los Angeles for two months, live in the exemplary L.A. modern Fitzpatrick-Leland House (R. M. Schindler, 1936) and pursue a research topic related to urban phenomena. Fellows come from nations that are under-represented in the Los Angeles discourse; the MAK Center works closely with them to create a meaningful cross-cultural exchange. The goal is to generate concepts for the urban future by stimulating dialogue and mining both Los Angeles and international resources. For more information, visit www.makcenterufi.org.
The MAK Center is located at the Schindler House, 835 N. Kings Road in West Hollywood. Public hours are Wednesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Regular admission is $7/$17 with the guide book, Schindler By MAK; students and seniors, $6/$16 with book; free for Friends of the Schindler House and on Fridays, 4 to 6 p.m. Parking is available at the public structure at the northeast corner of Kings Road and Santa Monica Boulevard. For further information, the public may contact www.MAKcenter.org or call (323) 651-1510.
Alaine Azcona
(213) 453-6449
aazcona@makcenter.org
