The Garden Movie - July 10-16

Community CROPS and the Mary Riepma Ross Film Theater are co-sponsoring a one-week run of the Academy Award-nominated documentary "The Garden" beginning on Friday, July 10. Movie Trailer

About the movie: The fourteen-acre community garden at 41st and Alameda in South Central Los Angeles is the largest of its kind in the US. Started as a form of healing after the devastating L.A. riots in 1992, the South Central Farmers have since created a miracle in one of the country’s most blighted neighborhoods. Growing their own food. Feeding their families. But now, bulldozers are poised to level their 14-acre oasis. The Garden follows the plight of the farmers, from the tilled soil of this urban farm to the polished marble of City Hall.

Local Foods Reception -- Friday, July 10, 6pm (before 7pm showing)

Community CROPS is hosting a reception featuring local food beginning at 6:00 pm on opening night. CROPS and El Centro de las Americas will also be available to answer questions about community gardening and the Latino community in Lincoln.

Movie Talk -- Sunday, July 12, 2:30 pm (following the 1:00 showing)

Free and open to the public

Join us for a conversation about the issues raised, including land use, community food systems, political action and decision making, community green space, and the convergence of social justice with each of these issues. We're anticipating a large crowd for what promises to be a lively, thought-provoking, and balanced conversation.

Organizations represented at the discussion will include the Lincoln City Council, El Centro de las Americas, the Lincoln Food Bank, and the city planning department, a local developer, and a local documentary filmmaker.

Join us at The Ross for one or both of these events! If you have questions please contact us at 474-9802 or send an e-mail to crops@communitycrops.org