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You Think the Earth Is a Dead Thing
7.6 / 10• 2019• 1h 10m•NR• French
TV MovieDocumentary
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
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Marie-Nicolette Reibec
Self
LeadSM
Suzette Mauzole
Self
MC
Moïse Chérubin-Jeannette
Self
EN
Emmanuel Nossin
Self
SB
Sylvie Boudre
Self
AB
Anne-Lise Bellance
Self
VM
Véronique Montjean
Self
MM
Marie-Jeanne Montjean
Self
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Florence Lazar's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. You Think the Earth Is a Dead Thing is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
