Fresno Reel Pride – Queer Gardening

SUNDAY, OCT 1, 2023 \\ 12:15 PM \\ 🔷 VISTA THEATER \\ DIRECTED BY ELLA VON DER HAIDE \\ USA \\ ENGLISH \\ GERMAN SUBTITLES \\ 79 MINS \\ Queerness was and sometimes still is considered “un-natural.” Queer gardening challenges this “un-naturalness” by creating queer-feminist ecologies. This documentary examines what horticultures look like when binaries such as nature/culture, human/more-than-human and body/ environment are deconstructed in creative ways. 18 interviews with LGBTQ+ gardeners about their relationships with plants and the land. These conversations take place in a variety of gardens, from urban vegetable production in Oakland to a community space garden in NYC, from a project to care for indigenous native apple trees in British Columbia to a reforestation project in Tennessee.