The Slow Poisoning of India
This 26 minute documentary explores the alarmingly high quantity of pesticdes found in everyday foods in India. The Slow Poisoning of India" depicts the effects of modern pesticide use on local farmers. The film presents startling case studies from Kerala, India where villagers are paying a heavy price as a result of the exposure to pesticide spraying for many years. The end of the short film provides encouragement to organic farming practices by showing several farmers who have decided to switch to organic farming.
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Suzanne Twining’s entertaining five minute animated short film, Terminator Tomatoes, was completed in 2001. Its focus is on the genetic modification of crops. Concerned about the GMO controversy she decided to look into the pressures that big chemical companies, like Monsanto, were putting on small family farms in America. Since it’s completion Terminator Tomatoes has gone on to show in festivals all over the world, helping people think about the dangers of genetically modified foods
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This documentary was produced in connection with the Salzburg Seminar session 398 “Achieving Food Security through Community-Based Food Systems,” sponsored by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. It explores the responses to hunger and poverty in rural vilages in South Africa, and the efforts being made to develop a sustainable system of agriculture.
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This documentary is about the problems of waste management in Cairo, Egypt. The Egyptian government has recently awarded contracts to foreign multi-national companies to collect Cairo’s garbage. 60,000 Zaballeen — Cairo’s indigenous garbage collectors whose livelihood depends on collecting and recycling garbage — will be displaced. In Arabic with English subtitles.
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