CinemaOSMovie · 2019 · 1h 10m

You Think the Earth Is a Dead Thing

76%(4)IMDbTV MovieDocumentary

Just one of the many far-reaching impacts of the slave trade on human history is on agriculture and horticulture. While the French plantation owners on the Caribbean island of Martinique had their gardens laid out, Versailles-style, their enslaved workers continued their tradition of using medicinal wild herbs. Nowadays these herbs represent one of several resources through which the people of Martinique counter the health and ecological ravage caused by the use of pesticides on the banana plantations. Farmers are reclaiming uncultivated lands to grow indigenous vegetables, without any industrial pesticides; they fight boldly for simple biodiversity.

Directed byFlorence Lazar

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 10m
Language
FR
Released
October 22, 2019
Studios
Sister Productions

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring

Marie-Nicolette Reibec

Self

Suzette Mauzole

Self

Moïse Chérubin-Jeannette

Self

Emmanuel Nossin

Self

Sylvie Boudre

Self

Anne-Lise Bellance

Self

Véronique Montjean

Self

Marie-Jeanne Montjean

Self

Joseph Mauzole

Self

Arnaud de Meillac

Self

Creative team
Directed by
Florence Lazar
Written by
Florence Lazar
Jean Breschand
Jean Breschand
Produced by
Julie Paratian

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