You Think the Earth Is a Dead Thing

201970m7.6 (4)
TV 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.

Crew

JP

Julie Paratian

Producer

FL

Florence Lazar

Director

FL

Florence Lazar

Writer

Jean Breschand

Jean Breschand

Writer

RE

Roland Edzard

Director of Photography

Cast

MR

Marie-Nicolette Reibec

Self

SM

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

JM

Joseph Mauzole

Self

Ad

Arnaud de Meillac

Self

JM

Jean-Claude Montjean

Self

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