Raising Resistance (2012)
Жанр : документальный
Время выполнения : 1Ч 25М
Директор : David Bernet, Bettina Borgfeld
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Paraguay's lush soy farms are battlegrounds between huge agri-business and small farmers. The GMO beans fatten up cattle in rich countries so steaks remain cheap. But the pesticides used are destroying the crops of the campesinos and harming their kids.
История Перси, канадского фермера, который оказывается вовлечен в судебную борьбу с большой корпорацией после обнаружения ГМО в части его урожая. Мужчина добросовестно выращивает органические продукты, поэтому, получив такие обвинения, начинает собственное расследование, в ходе которого понимает, что он не один является жертвой неэтичных действий со стороны этой компании. Перси в своей борьбе становится лицом и народным героем тысячи фермеров по всему миру.
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Её мать уезжает в Кению в поисках мальчиков, готовых предоставить ей любовные услуги. Её тетя — католик, с головой поглощённая проповедованием Евангелия. А 13-летняя Мелани проводит свои каникулы в диетическом лагере в Австрийских горах. В перерывах между физическими упражнениями и консультациями по вопросам питания, ночными боями подушками и тайными соревнованиями «кто больше выпьет» на местной дискотеке она влюбляется в доктора и по совместительству директора лагеря, который старше её на сорок лет…
Мать мальчика, у которого никак не проходит ужасная сыпь, начинает собственное расследование и оказывается втянутой в борьбу между местными фермерами-органиками и крупной корпорацией, зарабатывающей на генно-модифицированной продукции.
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Paraguay's lush soy farms are battlegrounds between huge agri-business and small farmers. The GMO beans fatten up cattle in rich countries so steaks remain cheap. But the pesticides used are destroying the crops of the campesinos and harming their kids.