Eine Hand voll Leben - Geschichten vom Mais
A hand full of life - Stories about Corn
In Europe corn is mostly used as animal feed, but to a vats number of people corn is a staple food, like wheat of rice and to them a hand full of corn is what they have to live on every day. The documentary explains how maize was cultivated from Teosinte a large grass in Mexico over 6000 years ago and tells about the long history of one of the most important domesticated plants in the world.
2008
Documentary
TV
Directed by: Gustav W. Trampitsch
Cinematography by: Christoph Mayr
Written by: Gustav W. Trampitsch
Film Editing by: Martin Matusiak
Commissioned by: ORF, 3Sat, BRalpha
Produced by: MR-FILM |
