A Community of Gardeners Trailer from Cintia Cabib on Vimeo.
There will be a showing of this documentary on Thursday, March 24, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave., NW., Washington, DC
Join other Sierra Club supporters in attending an Environmental Film Festival selection focused on D.C., "A Community of Gardeners":
Throughout Washington, D.C., people of all ages, backgrounds and nationalities are gardening side by side, growing vegetables, fruits and flowers in community gardens. Some are looking for basic sustenance, others for a way to remember their homelands, still others for a place to find a respite from their troubles. Through the voices of young people, senior citizens, immigrants, garden volunteers and educators, this documentary explores the vital role of seven D.C. urban community gardens as sources of fresh, nutritious food, outdoor classrooms, places of healing, links to immigrants’ native countries and oases of beauty and calm in inner-city neighborhoods. The film also looks back on the history of community gardens in the United States, from the potato patch farms of the late 19th century, to the victory gardens of World War II, to community gardening’s current renaissance. Directed and produced by Cintia Cabib.
Throughout Washington, D.C., people of all ages, backgrounds and nationalities are gardening side by side, growing vegetables, fruits and flowers in community gardens. Some are looking for basic sustenance, others for a way to remember their homelands, still others for a place to find a respite from their troubles. Through the voices of young people, senior citizens, immigrants, garden volunteers and educators, this documentary explores the vital role of seven D.C. urban community gardens as sources of fresh, nutritious food, outdoor classrooms, places of healing, links to immigrants’ native countries and oases of beauty and calm in inner-city neighborhoods. The film also looks back on the history of community gardens in the United States, from the potato patch farms of the late 19th century, to the victory gardens of World War II, to community gardening’s current renaissance. Directed and produced by Cintia Cabib.
RESERVATIONS are encouraged for this showing and can be made by emailing reservations@nmwa.org or calling 202-783-7370.
Tickets: $5, General Admission; $4, Members, Seniors and Students.
For more information on the film visit: A Community of Gardeners
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