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The film tells the stories of Magui Choque Vilca and Mario Tapia, two experts in biodiversity who are working with others, in the Humahuaca Gorge, to recover and grow ancient varieties of potatoes. Sacred Seeds shows how hundreds of small-scale farmers in the Jujuy region, Northwest of Argentina, are working with these two men, to recover lost seed varieties and changing their methods of cultivation to care for the welfare of the Earth. Sacred Seeds will be shown at inter-national
festivals around the globe and opens at The Slow Food Film Festival in
Italy in 2007. “Whenever we show the film, we are publicising the
incredible job being done to increase bio-diversity and also the food
security of Argentina’s Northwest,” explains Andrea Mendez Brandam,
director of Sacred Seeds and Editor of Noticias Positivas. “We’re so
thankful to everyone who helped us to create this film, especially the
producer Juan Nicholas Broens and co-director Jose The documentary celebrates the invaluable work of those who are cultivating our planet for the future.” Story from Noticias Positivas Argentina
www.noticiaspositivas.com.ar First Published in Positive News US Edition Winter 2006/2007 Issue ¡Vaya Noticias Positivas! Hace poco, Noticias Positivas de Argentina recibió el Premio de Cine para la Comida Lenta para su cortometraje Semillas Sagradas. La pelicula cuenta la historia de Magui Choque Vilca y Mario Tapia, dos expertos en la biodiversidad que colaboran con otros en la Quebrada Humahuaca para rescatar y cultivar variedades ancestrales de papas. Semillas Sagradas muestra los cientos de campesinos en la región Jujuy en el nororeste de Argentina que colaboran con estos dos hombres para rescatar sus variedades perdidas de semillas y para cambiar sus métodos de cultivación para cuidar la Tierra. Semillas Sagradas se mostrará en festivales
internacionales en todo el mundo y abre en el Festival de Cine para la
Comida Lenta en Italia en el 2007. “Cuando sea que mostremos esta
pelicula, difundimos el buen trabajo que se está haciendo para aumentar
la biodiversidad y para mejorar la seguridad alimenticia del noroeste de Este documental celebra el trabajo inapreciable de los que cultivan nuestro planeta para el futuro.” Publicado primero en Noticias Positivas:
www.noticiaspositivas.com.ar This is one of many stories available from Positive News newspaper. For more stories like this please visit: www.positivenews.org.uk (In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.) |
Argentina’s
Positive News – Noticias Positivas, was recently awarded the Slow Food
Latin American Film Prize, for their short film, Sacred Seeds.