Joan Baez, Danny Glover, Daryl Hannah, Dennis Kucinich, Antonio Villaraigosa
In the aftermath of the 1992 L.A. riots, something truly remarkable happened at the intersection of 41st Street and Alameda Avenue thanks to an uncharacteristically charitable move by the city governm... read more 
DVD Release Date: August 18, 2009
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March 9, 2011This is a great documentary about a good (horrible) subject in what happened to the garden. This movie has a great pace that gives good background with interviews with just about every key subject. It has twists and turns and you start to identify with many of the subjects. Good ... read more
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March 17, 2010Academy Award Nominated Documentary
Academy Award Nominated film, THE GARDEN is an engaging and powerful look at the famous political and social battle over the largest community garden in the U.S (located in south central Los Angeles).
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August 13, 2009A moving and interesting documentary, well documented, but very one sided. The cheapness of the filming is distracting, I understand budget restraints, but it's still not much more than a home movie.
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May 21, 2009
Mark Feeney, Boston Globe
May 15, 2009
Philip Kennicott, Washington Post
A good documentary leaves the viewer wanting more. A problematic one leaves the viewer needing more. Full Review
May 8, 2009
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News
[Director] Hamilton captures the heart-wrenching devastation done in the name of profit, as citizens mourn. Incredibly effecting. Full Review
May 8, 2009
Kyle Smith, New York Post
The Garden is an especially fatuous documentary, nominated for an Oscar this year, about a community garden in South Central LA where Latino farmers have been allowed to grow food on somebody else's l... Full Review
May 8, 2009
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
This intricate and compelling documentary paints a saddening portrait of American politics. Full Review
May 7, 2009
Christy Lemire, Associated Press
Scott Hamilton Kennedy's plucky, powerful storytelling makes this a worthwhile experience. Full Review
May 1, 2009
Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle
A documentary about fighting city hall, the empty promises of politicians, backroom deals, small victories over the Man and the cost paid by a handful of farmers who endured all of the above. Imagine ... Full Review
October 18, 2008
Robert Koehler, Variety
It becomes clear that a more thorough, objective and serious journalistic approach was required once the story delves into the intricacies of the property's murky history. Full Review
August 22, 2008
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
It's tempting to call The Garden a story of innocence and experience, of evil corrupting paradise, but that would be doing a disservice to the fascinating complexities of a classic Los Angeles conflic... Full Review
March 2, 2011
Kevin Carr, 7M Pictures
an interesting film simply for the complexity of this issue Full Review
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