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Alice’s Garden

Specs: USA - 2018 | 9.5m
Filmmaker: Jenny Plevin
Theme: urban renewal, urban development

ALICE'S GARDEN will have its Canadian Premiere screening at Water Docs 2019 in collaboration with our partner Evergreen at The Brick Works. Join us to see this film at both our "Water and the City: Revitalizing Our Urban Spaces" screening on Tuesday, March 5th at 7:00 pm and our "The Weight of Water: The Award Winners" screening on World Water Day, Friday, March 22nd at 6:00 pm. Alice's Garden (2017, USA) - 2019 Best Short Film Award Winner Alice’s Garden, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is situated on the grounds and waterways that provided safe harbour for freedom seekers as part of the Underground Railroad. Today, these sacred grounds continue to uplift the community through urban agriculture and community engagement. In this powerful short, Alice’s Garden’s Executive Director, Venice Williams, passionately connects the grounds valuable history with its present ability to serve hundreds of families, and with the need to conserve and protect the land through innovative water solutions for future generations. ALICE'S GARDEN is a deeply illuminating and heartfelt film.

Alice’s Garden, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is situated on the grounds and waterways that provided safe harbour for freedom seekers as part of the Underground Railroad.  Today, these sacred grounds continue to uplift the community through urban agriculture and community engagement. In this powerful short, Alice’s Garden’s Executive Director, Venice Williams, passionately connects the grounds valuable history with its present ability to serve hundreds of families, and with the need to conserve and protect the land through innovative water solutions for future generations.  ALICE'S GARDEN is a deeply illuminating and heartfelt film.

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