BloomScreen presents: The Garden and TalkBack on Food Workers Rights

The Garden (2008, 80 min), by Scott Hamilton Kennedy – is an engaging and powerful look at the famous political and social battle over the largest community garden in the US (located in South Central

Los Angeles).The Garden is a 2008 American documentary film that tells the story of the now demolished South Central Farm; a community garden and urban farm located in Los Angeles, California. The Garden details the plight of the farmers who organized and worked on the farm.

Following our screening we’ll have a discussion about worker’s rights in the Food Movement. Our guests will include members of Unite Here, who will discuss their Real Food. Real Jobs Campaign

(http://www.realfoodrealjobs.org/) and Nikki Lewis, who will discuss the work ROC-DC is doing in the food movement. (http://rocunited.org/tag/roc-dc/).

Refreshments will be served