Seed Warriors

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Movie
German title Seed Warriors
Original title Seed Warriors
Country of production Switzerland
original language English , Swiss German , Swahili
Publishing year 2009
length 86 minutes
Rod
Director Mirjam von Arx ,
Katharina von Flotow
production Mirjam von Arx
music Adrian Frutiger, -
Florian Sturzenegger
camera Elia Lyssy,
Mari Tefre,
Clare Kemp
cut Janet Taylor

Seed Warriors is a documentary film about the Svalbard Global Seed Vault by Katharina von Flotow (screenplay / direction) and the Swiss film / television director and film producer Mirjam von Arx (production / direction) from 2009 .

action

In Svalbard , Norway , 1000 kilometers from the North Pole , a seed vault is inaugurated with which scientists want to secure global biodiversity in the long term. It is said to be the safest building of its kind in the world. Resistant to natural disasters, climate changes and even nuclear wars, seed samples from all over the world will soon be stored here and ensure the continued existence of biodiversity.

In Kenya , Zachary Muthamia, director of the national gene bank, will be accompanied. He uses the few means available to him to secure the biodiversity of his country and to prepare copies of Kenya's plant genetic material for transport to Norway. In Nairobi , Marianne Bänziger, a leading maize expert from CIMMYT , wants to use crossbreeding to develop a non-genetically modified seed that will yield a 20-30% higher crop yield than today's seeds and that will withstand the drought.

publication

The film's festival premiere was on January 23, 2010 in Switzerland on the occasion of the 45th Solothurn Film Festival .

The film started in German-speaking Swiss cinemas on August 26, 2010.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 45th Solothurn Film Festival: Carefree entertainment and committed documentaries program 2010.
  2. ↑ seedwarriors.org/de/news/ .

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