Lisa Y Allen
Description: City of Trees: a documentary film about one community's fight for equal access to good jobs and safe parks in our nation's capital. https://vimeo.com/117641253
a film by Meridian Hill Pictures
"Honest, real, explores the messy truth in all fights for environmental and social justice." — Van Jones Since 1990, nonprofit Washington Parks & People has tried to reduce poverty and violence in Washington, D.C. neighborhoods by improving parks. At the height of the recession, the organization received a stimulus grant to create a "green" job-training program in communities hardest hit. They had two years to help unemployed people find jobs and care for parks in their neighborhoods. Steve Coleman, a gras
MERIDIAN HILL PICTURES in association with KARTEMQUIN FILMS and MAGIC LABS MEDIA presents a film by BRANDON KRAMER and LANCE KRAMER “CITY OF TREES” editor EDWIN MARTINEZ original music BRIAN SATZ cinematographers BRANDON KRAMER and ELLIE WALTON editorial consultants GORDON QUINN and CAROL DYSINGER consulting producers VAN JONES and JUSTINE NAGAN and KATY CHEVIGNY non-profit fiscal sponsor KARTEMQUIN FILMS produced by LANCE KRAMER directed by BRANDON KRAMER
Lisa Y Allen