A new PBS documentary, THE GROVE shows how a community in crisis found healing and remembrance, and how the seeds of a few visionary environmentalists blossomed into something larger than they could have imagined. But the fight to remember takes an unexpected turn when stakeholders of the Grove seek broader public recognition through an international design competition, and a heated debate ensues about what constitutes an appropriate memorial to the AIDS epidemic, and what is the responsibility of a national memorial.

Co-presented by the Independent Television Service and KQED-TV in San Francisco, THE GROVE is produced by Sundance award-winning and Emmy nominated filmmakers Andy Abrahams Wilson (Under Our Skin) and Tom Shepard (Scouts Honor). An official selection at Full Frame and Hot Springs documentary film festivals and “Best Documentary Feature” at the Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, THE GROVE will be airing on hundreds of PBS stations with around the clock broadcasts on December 1.