Documentaries “Organic Life” and “The Future of Food”

Mon 10 Aug, 7.30pm
Cinematheque

Screening of two documentaries “Organic Life” and “the Future of Food” hosted by Agriculture Development Denmark Asia (ADDA) and Action for the City (www.vidothi.org)

7.30 pm : Organic life
9.00 pm : The future of Food

1. ORGANIC LIFE  ( 40 minutes)

Sypnosis:

“Organic Life” presents the lives and hard work of a small group of farmers living on the outskirts of Hanoi. In the face of rapid social change and pressures to make quick money through dishonest marketing, the farmers in Thanh Xuan Organics have gone back to their roots! From June 2008-June 2009, the farmers joined an organic vegetable project implemented by a Vietnamese NGO, Action for the City, and funded by AusAID.  The most poignant sections of this documentary let the farmers—primarily women—speak for themselves about their commitment to organic farming and their concerns about marketing and sustainability. In contrast to the farmers’ raw honesty, some urban Hanoi consumers speak cynically in the film about the potential for truly safe, clean food. But by the end, even the most reluctant viewer will be won over by “Organic Life.”

A community film by Ha Thi Lan Anh, Nguyen Trinh Thi, Alisher Shapirov, Nils Falkenberg and Laura Schrader. Music by Scott Ezell.

2. THE FUTURE OF FOOD (88 minutes)

Sypnosis: There is a revolution happening in the farm fields and on the dinner tables of America — a revolution that is transforming the very nature of the food we eat.

THE FUTURE OF FOOD offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled U.S. grocery store shelves for the past decade.

From the prairies of Saskatchewan, Canada to the fields of Oaxaca, Mexico, this film gives a voice to farmers whose lives and livelihoods have been negatively impacted by this new technology. The health implications, government policies and push towards globalization are all part of the reason why many people are alarmed by the introduction of genetically altered crops into our food supply.

Shot on location in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, THE FUTURE OF FOOD examines the complex web of market and political forces that are changing what we eat as huge multinational corporations seek to control the world’s food system. The film also explores alternatives to large-scale industrial agriculture, placing organic and sustainable agriculture as real solutions to the farm crisis today.

A movie by DeborahKoons and Catherine Butler.

FREE ENTRY. Please email: [email protected] or call  62700184  or Mai Van at 0916446009  for more information.

Tickets to the films are by donation.