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Eternal Seed
Amrit Beeja
A film by Meera Dewan
India, 1996, 43 minutes, Color, VHS/16mm/DVD, Subtitled
Order No. W99566
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.



AWARDS, FESTIVALS, & SCREENINGS

  • Indian National Film Festival, Best Environmental Film
  • Okomedia Film Festival, Germany, Grand Prize
  • Bombay International Film Festiva, Non-Fiction Film Award, Second Place
  • Margaret Mead Film Festival

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QUOTES

    "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

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    Eternal Seed is included in the following Special Collections.
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