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# Filmmaker James Scurlock to screen documentary on Venice Beach can-collecting parents
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/033005-story/
- Published: 2005-03-30T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T06:28:45.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Entertainment, Ocean Park, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

Local filmmaker James D. Scurlock will present his short subject documentary about Yolanda and Rogelio Garcia, immigrants from Oaxaca who put their children through college by collecting aluminum cans from the trash at Venice Beach.

The airing of “Parents of the Year” will be held on Saturday, April 9, at 6 p.m. at Mt. Olive Church, 1343 Ocean Park Blvd. The reception will begin at 6 p.m. Scurlock will present his film at 6:45 p.m. Discussion will take place after the movie at 7:30 p.m. For more information, call (310) 452-1116 Picture this: Area photographer captures attention

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 30, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/033005.pdf?ref=smdp.com)