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      Save the Farm

      2011 31m Documentary Action Drama History List
      Reviews 64% Audience Score 100+ Ratings Celebrity activists Daryl Hannah, Amy Smart, Alicia Silverstone and others join forces with poor families in South Central Los Angeles to save their 14-acre organic farm. Read More Read Less

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      Mark R. Leeper Mark Leeper's Reviews SAVE THE FARM is the story of an American tragedy. Rated: 7/10 May 27, 2013 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member This didn't have to happened this way. This 30-minute video gives the viewer some insight into a very sad story that ended badly with the once proud and productive inner-city farm ending up as an empty lot as of May, 2014. However, it didn't have to end badly. To understand what happened I recommend that the reader bring up the Wikipedia article entitled "South Central Farm." In that article, you'll find the history of the buying and selling of the 14 acres which ended up in the hands of Ralph Horowitz, a developer. You'll also find out why he closed the farm down and had it bulldozed. Okay, this is a greedy man. He wanted to make a fine profit on the land and didn't care about the lives of the farmers or what the farm meant to the people of South Central Los Angeles. In June 2006 according to the Wikipedia article, "Horowitz told the Los Angeles Times and KFI that he would not sell the land to them even if they offered him $100 million, because of the picketing of his house and anti-Semitic remarks directed towards him." At that time Horowitz was not only paying taxes on the land but had to hire a private security company to guard the property. So everybody lost. My belief is that if the farmers had had better leadership they might have raised enough money to buy the land. I also believe that if L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa had used the power and influence of his office effectively a deal could have been worked out to save the farm. But I don't know the entire story and I don't know who does. Featured are celeb cameos from a wide range of artists supporting the farmers including Willie Nelson, Daryl Hannah, Alicia Silverstone, Joan Baez, etc. Additionally, Julia Butterfly Hill helped Hannah and others with the tree sitting gig. You may recall her as having lived in a 1500-year-old California redwood tree for 738 days between December 10, 1997 and December 18, 1999. There is another 80-minute documentary film on this subject entitled "The Garden" from 2008 that I haven't seen. A third is the PBS documentary, "South Central Farm, Oasis in a Concrete Desert," also from 2008. It runs 24 minutes and includes some commentary from Horowitz. Although this is a sad story I think the farm which lasted from 1994 to 2006 will prove to be a landmark event as more and more urban areas worldwide set aside land and rooftops for growing fruits and vegetables. --Dennis Littrell, author of "The World Is Not as We Think It Is" Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member I saw this movie four years ago; I'm still thinking about it... Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Celebrity activists Daryl Hannah, Amy Smart, Alicia Silverstone and others join forces with poor families in South Central Los Angeles to save their 14-acre organic farm.
      Director
      Michael Kuehnert
      Producer
      Michael Kuehnert
      Genre
      Documentary, Action, Drama, History
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Nov 5, 2016
      Runtime
      31m
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