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The fourteen acre community garden at 41st and Alameda Ave. in South Central Los Angeles is the largest of it's kind in the United States. It was started as a form of healing after the devastating L.A. riots in 1992. Since that time, the South Central Farmers have created a miracle in one of the country's most blighted neighborhoods. Growing their own food. Feeding their families. Creating a community. But now bulldozers are poised to level their 14 acre oasis. Director Scott Hamilton Kennedy captures this extraordinary story from the moment the farmers receive notices of eviction, through their two-and-a-half year battle in the courts, to the final verdict and shocking aftermath. 2008 SILVERDOCS winner, The Garden tracks the serpentine trial, backroom deals and political scandals, as well as the unexpected emergence of a political voice for the immigrant farmers who refuse to remain silent.

Address: 145 East Ojai Ave., Ojai, CA

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