A filmic journey down New York City's meanest streets where inner-city residents have transformed the rubble and rats of abandoned land into burgeoning vegetable and flower gardens.
The gardeners
themselves narrate the film, giving a heartwarming and sometimes painful accounting of the
struggle to keep their gardens alive. They tell of life on both sides of the garden fence:
from their fight against drug dealers and gangs to the successes of the gardens as food
suppliers to families
and Senior Citizens.
As they tend their rows, some of
these caretakers are reminded of their childhood days on farms in the South, while others,
who've known only pavement under their feet, have found new directions for their futures.
Propelled by
composer Jack DeJohnette's dynamic jazz score, CITY FARMERS is a powerful
educational tool that documents the challenges of open space preservation in the urban
environment.
VHS copies are $45 each. (NTSC or PAL)
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Contact: SouthHawk Studios
PO Box 545, Monterey, MA 01245 USA
(ph) 413-528-4839
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