Today we watched a movie called ” The Garden”. This movie had a great impact on me because I came to realize there are injustices the government commits from time to time. During the 1990’s there was a riot in Los Angeles, California, leaving the city in ruins and in a great mess. There was shattered glass, stores were vandalized, tires burnt all over the place. The violence was so great that it resulted in the death of 57 people and hundreds of people injured. Although it looked like nothing could be done to restore the corrupt city of Los Angeles, a group of families began what would become the biggest urban farm in the United States.

The urban farm was called the “South Central Farmers”. This farm created a sense of belonging to the community because it provided a source of healthy food for them. I really enjoyed the fact that the people cared enough about their community that they cleaned it up and started from scratch to restore beauty to the city. They also created something useful to the people of the community.

It turned out that the land being used as the farm had an owner who tried to take the land back. This part upset me so much because these people had worked hard for this farm and to make it productive and now 12 years later the owner wants to claim it.

I was surprised how the owner gave them 5 weeks to gather 16.3 million dollars to keep the farm. If they didn’t have the money within 5 weeks they would be evicted. I felt so proud of the farmers because they pulled it off, gathering the money by holding concerts and having marches. It was so impressive. 16.3 million dollars in 5 WEEKS! To gather that much money in 5 weeks would take months not weeks!! I was upset at owner of the land underestimated them when he thought that they would not be able to get  the money on time. When they did, the owner, Ralph Horowitz, didn’t accept their money nor give them the land.