total running time: 27 min 8 sec

Directors:

Isaac Brown Eric Flagg
(904)415-2089(904) 422-1892

CAPTIONS FOR PRODUCTION STILLS:

01.jpeg : Isaac Brown, left, and Eric Flagg film Lake Mead for Gimme Green, their documentary about America’s obsession with lawns. Drought conditions in the Las Vegas area have caused Lake Mead to recede approximately 60 feet in the last several years. It is estimated that 75 percent of Las Vegas lawn owners’ water goes to their lawn.

02.jpeg : Isaac Brown, left, and Eric Flagg film Lake Mead for Gimme Green, their documentary about America’s obsession with lawns. Drought conditions in the Las Vegas area have caused Lake Mead to recede approximately 60 feet in the last several years. It is estimated that 75 percent of Las Vegas lawn owners’ water goes to their lawn.

03.jpeg : Eric Flagg films the receding waters of Lake Mead for Gimme Green. Drought conditions in the Las Vegas, Nevada area have caused Lake Mead to recede approximately 60 feet in the last several years. It is estimated that 75 percent of Las Vegas lawn owners’ water goes to their lawn.

04.jpeg : The sun sets over Hoover Dam as Eric Flagg films the receding waters of Lake Mead for his documentary entitled Gimme Green. Drought conditions in the Las Vegas, Nevada area have caused Lake Mead to recede approximately 60 feet in the last several years. It is estimated that 75 percent of Las Vegas lawn owners’ water goes to their lawn.

05.jpeg : Isaac Brown films sod harvesting at West Coast Turf’s sod farm in Phoenix, Arizona. Phoenix receives an average of 6 to 8 inches of rain every year. It is estimated that it takes approximately 6 feet of water every year to maintain a lawn there.

06.jpeg : Isaac Brown films sod harvesting at West Coast Turf’s sod farm in Phoenix, Arizona.

07.jpeg : Isaac Brown films sod harvesting at West Coast Turf’s sod farm in Phoenix, Arizona.

08.jpeg : Isaac Brown films sod harvesting at West Coast Turf’s sod farm in Phoenix, Arizona.

09.jpeg : Isaac Brown films sod harvesting at West Coast Turf’s sod farm in Phoenix, Arizona.

10.jpeg : Isaac Brown and Eric Flagg film sod harvesting at West Coast Turf’s sod farm in Phoenix, Arizona.

11.jpeg : Isaac Brown films sod harvesting at West Coast Turf’s sod farm in Phoenix, Arizona.

12.jpeg : Isaac Brown films the TruGreen ChemLawn office in Daytona Beach, Florida. TruGreen Chemlawn is the world’s largest lawn care company.

13.jpeg : Isaac Brown films James Dugan, a TruGreen ChemLawn employee, as he makes a fertilizer application on a lawn.

14.jpeg : Isaac Brown films James Dugan, a TruGreen ChemLawn employee, as he makes a fertilizer application on a lawn.

15.jpeg : Isaac Brown films James Dugan, a TruGreen ChemLawn employee, as he makes a fertilizer and pesticide application on a lawn.

16.jpeg : Eric Flagg climbs down into a sewer in Gainesville, Florida in order to film the path pesticide runoff takes after a heavy rain.

17.jpeg : Eric Flagg became human lawn last Halloween and asked homeowners what they loved about their lawn. The footage didn’t make the finished movie, but it will appear as a DVD extra.

18.jpeg : Eric Flagg, co-director of Gimme Green

19.jpeg : Isaac Brown, co-director of Gimme Green

20.jpeg : Eric Flagg , left, and Isaac Brown--co-directors of Gimme Green

21.jpeg : Eric Flagg , left, and Isaac Brown--co-directors of Gimme Green

22.jpeg : Eric Flagg , left, and Isaac Brown--co-directors of Gimme Green

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CAPTIONS FOR FREEZE FRAMES:

gg01.jpeg : Ivan Hill, in Phoenix, Arizona, has converted his yard to stones that are covred with a fiberglass gel coat.

gg02.jpeg : A worker harvests sod at Schroeder-Manatee Ranch turf farm in Bradenton, Florida.

gg03.jpeg : Mike McCall, a south Florida resident, purchased the largest riding lawn mower John Deere makes for his normal-sized lot.

gg04.jpeg : Ed Ehlen, a Marco Island, Fl. resident, painted his house pink with green and purple polka dots to protest Marco Island’s decision to not let him keep his artificial turf.

gg05.jpeg : Debra Oberlin, a realtor with Trend Realty in Gainesville, Florida, drives around a suburb serving as a “yard of the month” judge.

gg06.jpeg : Lawns in Phoenix, Arizona require approximately 6 feet of water every year. Residents struggle to keep their lawns green with an average rainfall of 6-8 inches.

gg07.jpeg : Jorge Rivera, a sod truck driver in Phoenix, Arizona, prepares his load for transport. “When you see a house with no green on it,” he said. “It’s kinda’ dead. But when you see a house with a nice lawn on it, it becomes alive.”

gg08.jpeg : David Krebs, a Phoenix, Arizona resident, stands next to samples of artificial turf in his garage. He decided to install artificial turf in his backyard in an effort to conserve water.

gg09.jpeg : James Dugan, a TruGreen ChemLawn employee, applies pesticides and fertilizers to a lawn in Daytona Beach, Florida.

gg10.jpeg : An aerial view of West Coast Turf’s sod farm in Phoenix, Arizona reveals its full 600 acres in the middle of the Sonoran desert.

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