Beneath the Concrete, The Forest
“Beneath the Concrete, The Forest” is a short experimental documentary that takes us inside an ongoing struggle inside the city of Atlanta, GA between two sides to determine the future of Weelaunee, the biggest contiguous urban forest in the country.
AWARDS
Audience Award for Best Experimental Film at New Orleans Film Festival 2023
SCREENINGS
Light Industry (NYC), Vancouver Film Society (BC), Austin Film Society (TX), Columbia University (NYC), Solidarity Cinema (Chicago), Afterglow (Richmond, VA), Omni Commons (Oakland, CA)
*The film was completed at the end of Dec 2022, before the police raids in January 2023, and the eventual police murder of Tortuguita, a beloved ATL community member and forest defender.