Seed Warriors
Movie | |
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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
- ↑ 45th Solothurn Film Festival: Carefree entertainment and committed documentaries program 2010.
- ↑ seedwarriors.org/de/news/ .
Web links
- SEED WARRIORS website
- Trailer (English)
- Seed Warriors in the Internet Movie Database (English)