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Seed and Earth

Lina Fruzzetti, Alfred Guzzetti, Ákos Östör

Seed and Earth
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Made by a team of distinguished filmmakers/anthropologists, Seed and Earth is a film about everyday life in rural West Bengal, India. It follows the daily schedule of the families of two brothers who live side by side and cooperate in many daily activities. We see how gender and age determine work, ritual and leisure activities. 


Janta is a prosperous, multicaste village that derives its livelihood from agriculture. Rice, the main crop, is cultivated in small plots. The working day starts early with men ploughing and women beginning preparations for cooking. The ritual cycle of the village moves from brief daily prayers to big village-wide celebrations lasting several days. Seasonal worship of the gods and numerous life cycle rituals complete the sacred year. Eating, washing, gossiping, visiting — the fabric of daily life is captured eloquently on film with no intrusive narration. 


This DVD features a secondary audio track containing ethnographic notes written & spoken by Lina & Ákos over relevant sequences.


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SCREENINGS & AWARDS

35th Anniversary Bengal Studies Conference, Chicago, 1995

USA Film Festival, Dallas, 1996

Association for Asian Studies, 1996

Gottingen International Ethnographic Film Festival, Germany 1996

Association for Asian Studies Video Festival, Honolulu, 1996

Mostra International Festival (Rio de Janiero); Maremma Documentary Festival, (Italy), 1996

Fifth International Festival of Ethnographic Film, Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain, 1996

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