The Garden: Los Angeles urban farmers struggle against corporate interests,
and the Take Back the Land movement
The Garden, a film by Scott Hamilton Kennedy, vividly reveals a world of
healthy community gardening forgotten by many urban dwellers, fighting the
encroachment of backroom political deals, ... moneyed interests, the state
and corporations. One of many struggles worldwide for the basics of food
and shelter, a dramatic fight between the people connected to the earth and
the people abusing power and money.
"Rising from the ashes of the LA riots..."
"We have not found a larger inner city garden anywhere in the U.S."
"In the middle of downtown, you have thirteen acres, people growing food!"
"it's a pretty simple idea, land, people, food, happy days!"
...and then comes the notice to vacate, and the struggle continues.
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Take Back the Land works to use land for the benefit of the Miami
community.
Take Back the Land is the name of a book, a web site, an extensive
collection of documentary videos, and a blog.
Mission of Take Back the Land
People of African descent have been systematically denied control of land
in their communities- from slavery to sharecropping to segregation to the
current gentrification and displacement of our communities.
Elected officials and high ranking bureaucrats have sold out the black
community in favor of enriching already wealthy and politically connected
developers.
We assert our right to the land in our community and to use public space
for the public good- specifically, to house, feed and provide community
space for the poor, particularly in low income black communities. As such,
we are Taking Back the Land and empowering the black community, not the
politicians, to determine how to use land for the benefit of the community.
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