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Eternal Seed Amrit Beeja
India, 1996, 43 minutes, Color, 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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