Seeds of the Past
Influenced by their love of the gardens of Afghanistan, Amina and Abdul Bari Jamal have transformed the backyard of their Toronto home into a vibrant link to their homeland.
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Influenced by their love of the gardens of Afghanistan, Amina and Abdul Bari Jamal have transformed the backyard of their Toronto home into a vibrant link to their homeland.
A short by Debraj Naiya.
Seedlings protection rite (also called the parade of big rice dumplings) is a spring agricultural festival of Hakka people in Western Fujian, China. People worship the God of Grains (Shennong) in the rite. People collect
The legend of the fox that ascended to the sky with the help of a condor and participated in a party. He was so happy that he ate everything and drank a lot. Then he didn't want to come back down to earth, and when he in
Based on real events, Kvrvf Nawel’s film recounts the tale of a tenant farming community in revolt in the province of Esmeraldas in northern Ecuador.
A train ride through a desolated suburban area. A post-internet visual essay on transition, assimilation and forgiveness. The short consists of layers of 16mm film, found footage, .png files, and internet generated graph
Here, where gunpowder is mixed with soil, Seba kneels to cleanse the soil from the ashes of war, watering it with her small cup trying to revive memories buried in the seeds. Besides her stands her grandfather, Abu Diaa,
Two girls plant flowers.
A conversation between mother and child about energy and death in the garden.
An African American 5 Star General sends his US Air Force Wing to attack Russia in hopes that Russia will retaliate because he believes the evolution of the watermelon means the elimination of black people.
This dance film focuses on the story of the cycle of the “semilla” (seed), attesting that no matter where we go, our roots connect us to our ancestors and to each other. We overcome impunity by cultivating, sprouting and
They were in the prime of their lives and thousands of miles from home. Night after relentless night, they flew their bombers into the jaws of death braving fighters, flak and enemy artillery. They were the heroes of the
A group of children living on the streets of Athens. Among them is Sayid, a twelve-year-old boy, who works all day selling sunflower seeds in the city’s parks and squares. His existence borders on absolute poverty, as he
Follows the process of how apples get to the consumer, from when they're first planted to when they wind up in the supermarket.
The Palestinian Jawdat Talousy worked in the Israeli settlement ‘Nizzane Ha Shalom’ (Seeds of Peace), located on the West Bank. He was fired because he wanted to establish a labour committee. In the settlements on the We
The first film to be produced by the Dagenham Cooperative Film Society, ‘Seeds of Time’ focuses on young people in the area in 1947-8. It’s great for the rare colour footage of the area from this period with shots of the
‘Contrary to what many believe the work to suggest, this is not a film about language, it is about the lack thereof within the various constructs which bind suffering and realization together. An appraisement of a film’s
In the midst of chaotic lives and poverty, a group of women from La Carpio, Costa Rica rise to meet the challenge of helping others in need. Looking to move their lives to a new level of empowerment, the women decide to
Short film.