Knowing and Growing Your Urban Forest
When a green job-training program for unemployed residents is implemented in Washington, D.C., tensions rise within the community. 10th anniversary screening. Q&A to follow.
A complex and nuanced tale of environmental and social justice, urban forestry and community politics, City of Trees portrays the struggles of a DC non-profit to challenge the cycle of poverty in urban areas by implementing an ambitious 'green jobs' program for unemployed residents. What sounds like a simple goal—putting people back to work by planting trees in a blighted neighborhood—becomes complicated by racial tensions, a community’s distrust of outsiders, and a fast-approaching deadline before the grant money runs out. [76 min; documentary; English]
A Q&A will follow the screening with Sarah Mincey (co-founder of CanopyBloomington, managing director of the Environmental Resilience Institute); Ava Hartman (executive director of CanopyBloomington); Madeline Gullion (Urban Forestry Specialist at Indiana DNR); and Haskell Smith (Urban Forester, City of Bloomington).
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