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with Panel Discussion
This insightful, award-winning documentary
records the cacophonic clash between traditional methods of farming
and industrial "innovation" in modern India. Interviews
and rare footage from India's agricultural industry illustrate
Indian women's struggles to avoid chemically-based agricultural
methods by cultivating and preserving traditional farming practices
they believe are sacred. "With biting satire and a brutally
truthful camera, Eternal Seed debunks popular misconceptions
about technology and tradition, men and women, growth and decay"
(Nikhat Kazmi, Sunday Times of India). Best Environmental Film,
Indian Nation Film Festival. Directed by Meera Dewan. 1996, 43
min.
Cosponsored by the South Asia Program
and the International Agriculture Program.
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