Rats to Roses Screenings

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Friends,

From Tamra Raven.

Best wishes,
Adam Honigman

Happy Monday to you!  I would like to invite you to
the screening of Rats to Roses.

RATS TO ROSES a half-hour documentary that celebrates
New York City's community gardens and the dedicated
volunteers who keep them flourishing.

New York City's gardens have provided a haven, a
sanctuary, and a community center without walls to
thousands, particularly low-income people of color.
Currently, city government is threatening to bulldoze
more than half of the
800 community gardens in 5 boroughs.

RATS TO ROSES documents the journey to establish and
preserve several city gardens and to galvanize support
for these precious and endangered community treasures.

Dates:
Friday, May 17th: THE ARKANSAS HUNGER COALITION
In Little Rock, Arkansas
http://www.arkansashunger.org/

Wednesday, May 22nd: MUNICIPAL  ARTS SOCIETY at 6pm.
For directions, please go to the website:
http://www.mas.org
457 Madison Avenue (50-51st). A discussion with
filmmaker and a panel of gardeners and advocates will
follow the screening. This event is free and open to
the public. RSVPs to 212-935-3960 are required.

Friday, June 7th: THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN at
7pm.
Please visit their website for directions:
http://www.nybg.org
Screening at The Arthur and Janet Ross Lecture Hall.

July 25-28: 23rd Annual AMERICAN COMMUNITY GARDENING 
ASSOCIATION conference.
Columbia University's Alfred Lerner Hall. (Broadway
and West 115th St.)
http://www.communitygarden.org/conf/index.html

<sum> Disclaimer: This is a  fine cut, currently
working on the soundtrack and final graphics.
Filmmaker wanted to show the film, to galvanize
support and make others aware that the current
administration allowed for the bulldozing of one
community garden last month and that 450 are still in
danger.

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Check out:
http://sho.com/alt/sho-off/winners_2k/winners_2k.cfm and see my "Best
Documentary" win this year. And an article on the RATS TO ROSES project at
http://www.columbia.edu/~ssm36/nystories/profile.html
More about me visit my website www.tamrave.com

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