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Eternal Seed Amrit Beeja
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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Native Visions: Through the Eyes of Indigenous Women
This powerful collection of native voices features two films from the
acclaimed Mohawk director Tracey Deer including CLUB NATIVE
and the coming-of-age documentary MOHAWK GIRLS. Also included is the
critical and heartbreaking tale of aboriginal femicide FINDING DAWN, as
well as the spirited and vibrant Southwestern artists’ film, THE DESERT IS
NO LADY, and the highly provocative identity piece NAVAJO TALKING PICTURE.
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