You Think the Earth Is a Dead Thing

IMDb 7.6 2019 • 70 min • TV MovieDocumentary

Director

Florence Lazar

Country

FR

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Marie-Nicolette Reibec
Marie-Nicolette Reibec Self
Suzette Mauzole
Suzette Mauzole Self
Moïse Chérubin-Jeannette
Moïse Chérubin-Jeannette Self
Emmanuel Nossin
Emmanuel Nossin Self
Sylvie Boudre
Sylvie Boudre Self