You Think the Earth Is a Dead Thing

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You Think the Earth Is a Dead Thing (2019)

Directed by Florence Lazar

TV Movie, Documentary · 1h 10m

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.

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Cast

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Marie-Nicolette Reibec Self
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Suzette Mauzole Self
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Moïse Chérubin-Jeannette Self
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Emmanuel Nossin Self
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Sylvie Boudre Self
A
Anne-Lise Bellance Self
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Véronique Montjean Self
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Marie-Jeanne Montjean Self
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Joseph Mauzole Self
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Arnaud de Meillac Self
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Jean-Claude Montjean Self

Crew

Director
Florence Lazar
Writer
Jean Breschand, Florence Lazar
Director of Photography
Roland Edzard
Editor
Julien Loustau
Producer
Julie Paratian

Details

Original title
Tu crois que la terre est chose morte
Release date
2019-10-22
Runtime
1h 10m
Genres
TV Movie, Documentary
Original language
FR
Spoken languages
French
Countries
France
Production
Sister Productions