By Meera Dewan
With insightful interviews and rare footage from India's agricultural industry, this keenly observed film depicts Indian women's struggles to use traditional farming practices instead of chemically-based agriculture. Comparing the practices of women who consider seeds sacred with multinational companies' use of sterilized hybrids, this evocative analysis celebrates the scientific basis of women's native traditions in a provocative look at the evolving meanings of healthy land use.
Review
~ "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
Awards
~ Indian National Film Festival, Best Environmental Film
~ Okomedia Film Festival, Germany, Grand Prize
~ Bombay International Film Festiva, Non-Fiction Film Award, Second Place
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