Gimme Green
Lawns are undeniably an American symbol. But what do they really symbolize? Pride and prosperity? Or waste and conformity?
Labrador City
Tuesday July 8, 2008
Screening begins 18h31
Venue: Youth Center 401 Avalon
USA / 2007 / 27min - Gimme Green will follow Surplus
Gimme Green is a humorous look at the American obsession with the residential lawn and the effects it has on our environment, our wallets and our outlook on life. From the limitless subdivisions of Florida to sod farms in the arid southwest, Gimme Green peers behind the curtain of the $40-billion industry that fuels our nation's largest irrigated crop—the lawn.
Isaac Brown and Eric Flagg spent a year and a half directing, shooting, and editing Gimme Green. The resulting film earned both a Master's degree from University of Florida's Documentary Institute.
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