Actors & mayor in support of documentary, The Garden

Danny Glover

The Garden is a 2008 documentary film directed by Scott Hamilton Kennedy. It 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 only to see it sold to a private contractor and threatened with demolition. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature on 22 January 2009.

The Garden includes interviews with Danny Glover, Daryl Hannah, and Antonio Villaraigosa. It is due for a limited theatrical release on 24 April 2009.

The Garden was nominated for Best Documentary Feature in the 81st Academy Awards.  The International Documentary Association nominated it for the Pare Lorentz Award.  It won the Grand Jury Award from the 2008 Silverdocs Documentary Festival.

Villaraigosa

Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa (born Antonio Ramon Villar, Jr. on January 23, 1953) is the mayor of Los Angeles, California. He was elected on May 17, 2005, defeating incumbent mayor James Hahn. Prior to his election as mayor, Villaraigosa was the California State Assemblyman for the 45th District, the Speaker of the California State Assembly, and the Los Angeles City Councilman representing the 14th District. Before being elected to public office, Villaraigosa was a labor organizer.

Villaraigosa served as a national co-chairmen of Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2008 Presidential campaign, and as a member of President Barack Obama's Transition Economic Advisory Board.

Daryl Hannah

The Garden, the movie

The Los Angeles Times - The Garden