Breaking Into...Conscious Filmmaking -- In this episode Black Hollywood Live host James Lott Jr. interviews The Gangsta Gardener Ron Finley and Director Delila Vallot.
CAN YOU DIG THIS explores urban gardening in South Los Angeles, one of the most notoriously dangerous places in America. This movement has been transforming not only plots of land but people's lives, giving those in need of making a positive change an opportunity to better both themselves and their neighborhoods. This is happening around the country and the film sheds light onto how it's all taking place.
Director Delila Vallot was born in South Central to a black father and white mother. Her parents divorced and she moved to Hollywood with her mother, where she later grew up to be a dancer and actress, with this being her first full-length feature film. She would visit her dad in S. Central and felt a strong attachment to the area, seeing the riots and gangs first hand. The urban garden
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