newportFILM Screening Tuesday Digs in to Inner City Urban Gardens

Did you know there’s a major urban gardening movement underway in South Los Angeles?

People are transforming their neighborhoods in the inner city one small plot at a time, turning pockets of concrete, overgrown vacant lots and abandoned buildings into havens of flowers, fruits and vegetables.

The effort has transformed more than just land. Lives have changed along the way and a film produced by John Legend, “Can You Dig It,” offers a look at how four unlikely gardeners flourish when they put their hands in the soil.

“Calling for people to put down their guns and pick up their shovels, these ‘gangster gardeners’ are creating an oasis in the middle of one of the most notoriously dangerous places in America,” the film’s liner note states.

newportFILM is screening the film Tuesday, Nov. 24 at Jane Pickens Theater, and tickets are just $12. They’re also collected canned goods and pantry items on behalf of the Dr. Martin Luther King Community Center, so if you go, please consider donating.

The film starts at 6:30 p.m. Jane Pickens Theater is located at 49 Touro Street.

Check out the film’s trailer below: