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In the summer of 2007, soon after our feature story in the Los Angeles Times [3] , we were contacted by director Robert McFalls [4] seeking to do a short series on environmental heroes. But a simple 15 minute segment soon turned into a 52 minute documentary film.
Director Robert McFalls states: HomeGrown is the inspiring true story of a family "living off the grid" in the heart of urban Pasadena, California. They harvest over 6,000 pounds of produce on less than a quarter of an acre, while running a popular website that is known around the world. The film is an intimate human portrait of what it's like to live like "Little House on the Prairie" in the 21st Century. (via IMDB [5])
HomeGrown - the 21st Century Family Farm is an independent project done from the perspective of an independent director and our family has no control or say in where it goes or what happens to the film. We have received no benefits or payment for appearing in the film and were simply the subjects of this documentary.
HomeGrown features music from world-renown folk music duo Jay Unger and Molly Mason.
If you would like to learn more about HomeGrown or want to make inquiries, visit the film's website at: http://www.homegrown-film.com [6] and email the director, Robert McFalls.
To host a community screening of HomeGrown, send your request: http://www.homegrown-film.com/host.html [6]
We do consider requests for appearances in person or via Skype in conjunction with the film's showings. For more information, http://www.homegrown-film.com [6]
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Homegrown Revolution is a 15 minute intro / mini-documentary that was produced prior to HomeGrown. This was done in-house by our family as a sort of info-mercial to introduce our urban homestead and show the steps and brief history of its creation.
Homegrown Revolution was created to be shown at exhibits and presentations in collaboration with a PowerPoint presentation or speech by Jules Dervaes. This mini-film made its debut at Peter Sellar's UCLA class in Fall 2007 and has since gone on to be invited to several film festivals around the world.
This short film is available for purchase at its website: http://www.homegrownrevolution.com [8]
Links:
[1] http://urbanhomestead.org/sites/default/files/cat-img/urban-homestead-harvest_0.jpg
[2] http://urbanhomestead.org/sites/default/files/u3/HomeGrownART.jpg
[3] http://urbanhomestead.org/drupal/linkhere
[4] http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0568739/
[5] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1311709/
[6] http://www.homegrown-film.com
[7] http://urbanhomestead.org/sites/default/files/u3/homegrown-revolution-poster-lrg.jpg
[8] http://www.homegrownrevolution.com
