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Seed: The Untold Story

Year
2016
Country
USA
Duration
94’
Directors
Taggart Siegel,

Few things on Earth are as miraculous and vital as seeds. Worshipped and treasured since the dawn of humankind. The film follows passionate keepers ofseeds as theyprotect our 12,000 year-old legacy. In the last century, 94% of our seed varieties have disappeared. As biotech chemical companies control the majority of our seeds, farmers, lawyers, and indigenous seed keepers fight a David and Goliath battle to defend the future of our food. In a harrowing and heartening story, these reluctant heroes rekindle a lost connection to our most treasured resource and revive a culture connected to seeds.

CREW:
Director: Taggart Siegel, Jon Betz
Producer: Taggart Siegel, Jon Betz
Cinematographer: Taggart Siegel
Editor: Taggart Siegel, Jon Betz
Sound: Alantl Molina
Production
Collective Eye Films, www.collectiveeye.org
Sales:
Cargo Films & Releasing, Tel.: +1 212.995.8139, David Piperni, [email protected]
Awards
2016 – Best Documentary Feature at San Diego International Film Festival
Director
Taggart Siegel

Taggart Siegel has produced and directed Emmy-nominated, award-winning documentaries including Queen Of The Sun: What are the Bees Telling Us? and The Real Dirt On Farmer John (ITVS, Independent Lens). Siegel is a Fledgling Outreach and Engagement Lab Fellow, and was selected to pitch at Britdoc’s Goodpitch for Seed: The Untold Story. Taggart is the founder and Executive Director of Collective Eye Films, a non-profit media production and distribution organization based in Portland, Oregon.

Selected Filmography

Selected: Blue Collar and Buddha (1986), The Real Dirt on Farmer John (2005), Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us? (2010)

 

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