You Think the Earth Is a Dead Thing
Tu crois que la terre est chose morte2019
- Florence Lazar
- 1h 10m
- October 22, 2019 · France, Martinique
Overview
Just one of the many far-reaching impacts of the slave trade on human history is on agriculture and horticulture. While the French plantation owners on the Caribbean island of Martinique had their gardens laid out, Versailles-style, their enslaved workers continued their tradition of using medicinal wild herbs. Nowadays these herbs represent one of several resources through which the people of Martinique counter the health and ecological ravage caused by the use of pesticides on the banana plantations. Farmers are reclaiming uncultivated lands to grow indigenous vegetables, without any industrial pesticides; they fight boldly for simple biodiversity.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 22, 2019
- Original language
- French
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France, Martinique
- Production
- Sister Productions
- Cast
- Sylvie Boudre,Arnaud de Meillac,Véronique Montjean,Moïse Chérubin-Jeannette,Suzette Mauzole,Anne-Lise Bellance,Emmanuel Nossin,Joseph Mauzole,Marie-Nicolette Reibec,Marie-Jeanne Montjeanand 1 more
- Director
- Florence Lazar
- Writer
- Jean Breschand,Florence Lazar
- Producer
- Julie Paratian,Cyril de Virginy
- Cinematography
- Roland Edzard
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
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