South Central Farm Tribute

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Congratulations on getting accepted for TV. I'm impressed, you are approaching 10,000 views. Great piece. Is the farm gone? I want to come see it the next time I am in LA. Thanks for bringing this story to us.
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Looking forward to seeing more from you michaelpk.
Peace, Morgan

whats the latest update on the farm?

Nice to see the positive aspects of South Central LA rather than the negative. Nice multi-cultural area that seems pure and ideal. Great to see the people come together to fight the power!!! Thank you for showing this piece of reality!

Congratulations. Glad to see you got the recognition you deserve.

J

Great piece. I had no idea that this existed. GL.

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Where the heck did this pod come from?

Riveting piece. Looking forward to catching it full screen on air.GL! The interviews shed informative light on the subject on a very human level, and your images were very compelling.

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Riveting piece. Looking forward to catching it full screen on air.GL! The interviews shed informative light on the subject on a very human level, and your images were very compelling.

Your feedback on my basejumping pod would be much appreciated...

I love grass roots efforts

I love grass roots efforts

Excellent work..

Katotoy
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GL! It's nice to see sustainable farming in a big city!

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Thanks!

very cool pod

Nice job - - Good luck - - I like the pc...Mike

Would it be evil of me if I didn't GL this piece until tomorrow? It's right up my ass, it's really good, but I really want to win. Why is it even in the running?!!

excelent...this should be happening in every city accross the nation!

Great work! Reminds me of the struggle for People's Park in Berkeley... I'd recommend putting name titles on your different interviewees. I recognized Julia Butterfly Hill, but I imagine many of the other people are well-known and even if not, it would be nice to know who they are!

Keep on documenting the struggle!

For the cause...great job.

GL

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Zan

very powerful!

Important topic!

This is an extremely powerful piece. It's thorough, moving and the duration is perfect.

Gold star.

The spirit of the people of South Central shines through in this piece. Their cause is so basic and so important. This is yet another example of the gross discrepancy between the values of our citizens and those the government chooses to protect ($$$)--Thank you for this.

This is one of the most important issues facing Los Angeles - and our urban culture today. How do we heal our communities, our relationship with earth, and our health? This is the answer and as a people we have decided that the monetary value is less than a new development.

Moving...thank you

fantastic piece. very informative as well. i had no idea a community like this even existed and have no idea why similar ideas couldn't spread in other urban areas of the country. very well done. good luck but your piece doesn't need it. it speaks for itself. GL from me all the way!

vital issue, vital pod - thanks for posting it. related documentaries that will make you more aware of the increasing dependency and poverty created by modern corporate agrobusiness, GMO monoculture crops, capitalist development, and the lack of organic small scale sustainable family farm alternatives:
- The global banquet (by invitation only)
- The future of food
- The real dirt on Farmer John

Keep on fighting for a better world!

I did not know this existed in the United States. THere should actually more of these in the country, waaaawww.

This is an incredible and unique idea. It need to live on, and it needs to spread.

Comunity gardening is a direct way to love the earth.

I thought it told a powerful story of what "community" really is about and how each person who stands up with a voice is important. Especially for the future generations who are learning the neccesity of their connection with Mother Earth. Thank you for all your sacrifice!! May Peace prevail!

to rsburman

rsburman>It really speaks to how important tone can be, especially in such delicate negotiations.

Yes and no. There were low-key negotiations for a years; the owner would not budge, and the City would not help the Farm. While some asked for the land to be given for free, I believe the main negotiations centered around a request for an option to buy.

A price was put out there, but, when the money was raised to purchase the land, the offer was withdrawn. The owner cited racist statements by some Farm supporters, but, according to another account, the owner described himself as a "conservative", and said he withdrew the offer for personal reasons. In Southern California, among the far-right, hating Latino immigrants had become a popular trend, at least on talk radio. In short, the owner was submitting to peer pressure, to go along with the popular racism.

Perhaps that was the reason why the mayor didn't make a strong effort to support: he needed to distance himself from his community, that, month after month, is becoming America's scapegoats for everything that's gone wrong during this war and presidential administration.

Then again, I might be totally wrong. Maybe he just wanted to be friendly with developers. The City Council and Mayor might only be motivated by their dreams of turning downtown into Manhattan West, complete with $700,000 condos, and $30 an hour parking.

The property owner and the City of Los Angeles eliminated a great project, and lost another opportunity to improve the most neglected, most rejected part of the City. There's a shortage of green space in LA. Now with the farm razed, will the city will get another concrete warehouse? This happened under a mayor who is allegedly "liberal" and "green" and a city councilmember who is ostensibly a "Democrat." They seem to want "green" and "liberal" only for the affluent people: for the poor, only more concrete.

Never forget- lets keep the torch burning in every corner we travel to.
Peacelove (with a fist!)
Sean

wow! ive never heard of a farm in the middle of a city...great pod!! GL!

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Amazing... such an important issue.

we need more places like this

the farm was very close to my house and it's a shame that we couldn't keep it around any longer...
people NEED to start respecting and appreciating all the greenery this beautiful earth has to offer!

I like that it has the possibility to be put on TV. Apparently many folks were not aware of this until the pod. The main message that Urban organic Farms is a necessary tool that benefits any poor community to the right to food and food sovreignty needs to be out there. The struggle behind this particular model should serve as a heads up to those now and in the future who use any land not owned by the community because it always will come to bite us in the ass. The original landowners of California is another story all together. When the Shit hits the fan and Our Mother earth purifies herself over there in LA, All those spineless politicos and developers will wish they had food to eat cuz they won;t be able to eat their money.
I'm no filmmaker so i leave that to others to make suggestions. my point is emphasize the right to food and food sovreignty. Thanks for this good work.

the struggles continues in LA

fantasitc. short and sweet message.
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It is a GREAT documentary...it really opened my mind about this South Central farm issue!!!!
Amazing!!!
Amazing!!!

Carlo

This story MUST be shared! This is who we need to become in order to remember how to be human-kind... both, I mean!

Thank you for your work!

This story MUST be shared! This is who we need to become in order to remember how to be human-kind... both, I mean!

Thank you for your work!

Ive been reading the hopi prophesys lately and i think this is just the thing that the world needs MORE of. People need to be more self sufficient and the govt of course doesnt want that cause they want us to be sheep more than free thinking self sufficient organic eating people who sustain themselves..

oh. ps.
Plants like when u talk and sing to them, they can hear us, and feel us more than ever. PROVEN FACT. look it up n "secret life of plants", and again in the HOPI Prophesy survival kit.

We need more information about organic farming on TV. People need to know how toxic the food they eat in the grocery store has become. The citizens interviewed for this film need for their voice to be heard.

The people are cultivating more then plants. They are nourishing relationships and growing community.

great!

This is REAL community!!

Great job in capturing the lives of all people white, black, red, brown who were affected. I wittnessed first hand the devastaion it left.

You concentrated on hope for the future over anger. That's a tough one for me, sometimes.

This is a true grassroots movement that should happen all over the world.

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We should have our property back so we can feed our kids, and teach them how to grow our veggie.

wonderful. greenlight!

Such an important issue...mainstream Americans should know about this...it might inspire them.

Please let others know who they can write or contact to let the city and developer know that we want the farm to stay, otherwise it was informative, passionate, and a good overview.

This story need to be seen, heard, and appreciated. We need green zones in the city. Poor people need organically grown vegetables. These people matter. This makes their community more cohesive, healthful, and happy. It should have never been bulldozed down. What a tragedy. It must not happen again.

The New Renaissance of Humanity is all over the Planet. Who said Revolutions have to be bloody?

If you want to be a rebel be kind. Human-kind, be both.

South Central Farm is a beautiful example that greenhomes (Greenomes) are possible. It has to become a GAC (Greenome Autarkic Community), with renewal energy, quality education, self-sufficient and yet, connected to the World.

TO BE more or to have more? That's the question.

The Earth is but ONE country and the humankind its citizens.

keep up the struggle for urban farming.

a very important short that everyone should see.

This is a story that needs to be told nationwide. The City of "Angels" needs to take responsibility for this error in judgment and return the land to the people. In fact, we need more inner city farms - we need to create and support organic farms at every school house, every neighborhood, every church. The time for war against people and nature is over. It is a time to get to know one another and what better way than to grow and share food.

i hope this video helps to make a difference. enough tarmac already!

keep south central farm alive

I support "urban gardening" in Syracuse, NY (on a MUCH smaller scale) and believe in South Central Farm and the good it did and the positive results that the concept can achieve. I also made a small contribution to the cause and still subscribe to their regular emails.

May God bless their work!!

Starke in Syracuse

Very powerful depiction of an important struggle.

Let people make longer statements, especially about this farm as a model that we should be duplicating.

We miss the farm! However long it takes- we will be there to replant- we will be ready. For those few who believe that SCF was not grateful- must never have been to the farm and meet the community; they do not understand. I have in my heart a memory of the plate of food that
I was served- night and day- I was there as a volunteer and this fills my heart... then I remain patient. You know-
Strong roots grow strong trees... I miss the farm.

A great example of how to think outside the box. A reminder of what should be important in the world like the environment and people over corporate greed. It is also a great example of people from various races, ethnicities, and nationalities working together and learning from each other.

South Central Farmers are so inspiring. They are a true grass roots project. It breaks my heart what the city did by destroying the farm. I hope we get together politically to get Jan Perry out of office. I blame her for the back door deal given to the developer. Jan Perry is too business friendly.

thank you LA for uniting for this cause...i miss you all and thank you for taking a stand for fresh food and community justice...we miss the misperros and lizards, but this land will breathe again and we will never forget the magic! AQUI ESTAMOS Y NO NOS VAMOS!!! rosa

Government is cruel and just doesn't care about people.

While the South Central Farm by itself won't solve all the problems of LA, it was an important effort and has started a movement that can make more of a difference than a lot of the plans of the politicians. The sale of the farm back to the developer was a failure of nerve by the politicians afraid to stand up to the powerful money interests in LA.

The South Central Farm is a great inspiration. BRING BACK THE FARM!

These are GOOD people

This is a heartbreaker that somehow engenders hope for a world "that works for all." Thank you.

This guy deserves an award. we need more films like this. Thanks for showing the truth.

Was that Alicia Silverstone?

incredible.

i almost cried when the bulldozers went through.

a wonderful film, well done, and in such a good cause. I wish there will be more filmmakers doing this kind of job, everywhere, anytime. Because doing it and increasing awareness about important issues - we can really make a difference in this world.

it's hard to imagine what this state of living and survival would be like. and the impact such a small piece of land makes.

Why do hippie, liberal women who preach individualism all look the same- ugly as sin?

lovely

As nice and idealistic as this cause sounds, this video in no way shows the other side of the story. That property was being lent out graciously to all of those people and yes something great did come of it, but now it is the peoples' turn to thank the landowner for lending it to them and let them sell it rightfully. We don't live in a communist country, so when it's time to get out, it's time to get out. They shouldn't tell the landowner what to do with their land.

I was in L.A. when this happened...crazy. GL

Thanks for bringing an important story to us.

great pod

These Kinds of places should be popping up in more communites, not being taken away

being involved with something similar in Chicago and knowing how many community gardens have already been reclaimed by the city, I appreciate and dig this video. Thanks.

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Beautiful sharing of information I was unaware of!

Great documentary about the situation in LA. Best of luck to the farmers.

Well, you got me again. Moved to tears. The Yoga Saves pod got me first and now this, the bulldozing of the trees and the greens. Very powerful footage. it will surely be picked for air. surely. Keep covering this if you can, it is so emblematic for our world. Devestating, but at the same time hopeful because so many people are rallying around the cause with honest and pure intentions. Please check out our latest pod Xtreme Waste and tell us what you think.
love and respect,
Lula

A great story of people coming together and showing the power that we have when we fight for what we believe in.

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i agree with "unauthorizedfilms" that the material is quite raw and the message could have been tighter, but it gets a GL beucase the kernal message is too potent not to be heard and this kind of social tragedy needs more attention.

This is what happens when the press does not place proper emphasis on issues that affect true quality of life. If we have less Hollywood fluff and more investigative journalism, the world might be a better place. Thanks for showing us these vignettes from the human perspective. While I do think the material could have been better structured with a clear through-line, it still deserves to be greenlit for the simple fact that these people and their struggle should be heard world-wide.

heartbreaking

Great vid! I cried watching the bulldozers destroy the earth. It is so sad how society's values stand. Thanks for putting it out there!

Great piece. I was living in LA when the protests were occuring, and this piece does a far better job of covering the issues/events than other news sources - mainly TV news and LA Times. Great job! A few individual shots were under-exposed, but the subject matter is so good, it was easily forgiven. GL

silly. not a serious endevour. there are real concerns of government over-reach and the same folks that would profess this to be a "noble" over-reach reject others. Can't trust gov. to know the dif. You pick - accept the bad with the "good" or leave the gov out of your private life.

How many of us roamed the nearby open spaces in our younger years? Open space now?! Ha, A Joke. South Central represented an essential and vital attempt to reconnect with the natural world. To me, allowing its destruction was one of the cruelest things a government has ever done.