Garden Party (2008)

Los Angeles becomes the city of broken dreams in this indie drama. A 15-year-old girl (Willa Holland) comes to the town to escape her problems, but more issues await since everyone wants a piece of her. Nathan moved to L.A. to be a dancer, but he can't get past his gofer job. Meanwhile, his successful boss Sally (Vinessa Shaw) manipulates everyone around her to get exactly what she wants. GARDEN PARTY depicts a world where talent and beauty may have their value, but it's sex that truly sells.

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In the aftermath of the 1992 L.A. riots, something truly remarkable happened at the intersection of 41st Street and Alameda Avenue thanks to an uncharacteristically charitable move by the city government; where once existed a barren field littered with garbage and syringes suddenly appeared a 14-acre community garden. Dubbed the South Central Farm, the produce garden soon began yielding fresh lettuce, ripe tomatoes, and sweet papayas. Now the local farmers could enjoy their own crops rather than relying on food stamps for subsistence. Not only that, but it also replaced a scene of urban blight with a scene of unu...
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sual beauty. For over a decade, the South Central Farm thrived, though in December of 2003 it appeared that the days of this inner-city oasis may be numbered. As the farmers receive eviction notices and bulldozers prepare to level the garden to make room for warehouses, filmmaker Scott Hamilton Kennedy documents the two-and-a-half-year court battle to save the South Central Farm.
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Fifteen-year-old April is running from one bad situation into another, hoping to find an answer that doesn't involve taking off her clothes. As April navigates Los Angeles, she falls in with a group of confused kids struggling to chase their dreams. The black widow at the centre of this web is a sexy, pot-dealing realtor named Sally St. Claire, and anyone who gets too close falls victim to her kinky entanglements.

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April (Willa Holland) is een 15-jarige scholier die via vriendinnen een tip krijgt om zich te laten fotograferen voor geld. Sally st. Clair (Vinessa Shaw) is een makelaar die alles over heeft om te krijgen wat ze wil. Ze gebruikt vooral haar assistent Nathan (Alexander Cendese) die daarvoor mag verblijven in één van haar huizen waar ze wiet teelt. Sammy (Eric Smith) is een jong talent die zwervend door Hollywood gaat om een platencontract te krijgen. Een verhaal met als hoofdonderwerp de sexindustrie. Elk personage heeft een eigen verhaallijn. Langzaam komen de verhaallijnen samen.

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