Seed Queen of Palestine (2018)

Origin: Palestine Qatar | Documentary | Director: Mariam Shahin | 25 minutes

In the fields and terraces of the occupied West Bank, a Palestinian woman is leading a quiet revolution. Vivien Sarisour is distributing rare, ancient heirloom seeds to Palestinian farmers. Inspired by memories of her grandmother and the delicious food of her childhood, Vivien wants to reintroduce long forgotten Palestinian produce to the tables of people across the West Bank and beyond. And she believes these organic, climate change-resistant seeds are the key to that. But cart she persuade farmers struggling with the pressures imposed by the Israeli occupation and agri-businessto embrace such traditional crop-growingmethods?

Full feature: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoexxUOeZak (25 min. English subtitles)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZozUSwocPPc (105 min. Including introduction and q&a afterwards)


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