Of all the petty dramatics of suburban American life, nothing seems to offer a window into the soul of a people more than the yard dispute (remember when Rand Paul got beaten up by a neighbor over a pile of branches on their lawns?). Native Gardens plums the fraught realm of Homeowner Association competition, following up-and-coming professionals as they find themselves in intractable conflict with their popular older neighbors over the placing of a fence in between their lots. A tale of seething class conflict lying beneath well-manicured flower beds.
Native Gardens
Opens Sat, Various Times, $23+
City Lights, San Jose
