Terra Madre
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Terra Madre by Ermanno Olmi
ITA 2008, Berlinale Special
© Archivio Slowfood/Alessandro Vargiu
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Terra Madre by Ermanno Olmi
ITA 2008, Berlinale Special
© Archivio Slowfood/Alessandro Vargiu
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Terra Madre by Ermanno Olmi
ITA 2008, Berlinale Special
© Archivio Slowfood/Angelo Lano
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Terra Madre by Ermanno Olmi
ITA 2008, Berlinale Special
© Archivio Slowfood/Angelo Lano
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Terra Madre by Ermanno Olmi
ITA 2008, Berlinale Special
© Archivio Slowfood/Alessandro Vargiu
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Terra Madre by Ermanno Olmi
ITA 2008, Berlinale Special
© Archivio Slowfood/Alessandro Vargiu
“The production of food is being exploited more than ever as a means of exerting power”, says “Slow Food” founder Carlo Petrini. The idea behind the meeting of the “Terra Madre” network is to make food, and those who produce it, a focal point of our lives once more. According to the philosophy of the “Slow Food” organisation, food should taste good, be produced in a clean way and fairly traded.
In his film, Ermanno Olmi examines whether “Slow Food” has found an ingenious way of solving such global problems as climate change and starvation. As he puts it: “Perhaps we will one day pass by a garden in which a grandfather and a small girl are harvesting nature’s ripe fruits. Only then will we recognise the real house of humankind.”
Thomas Struck
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Gian Luca Farinelli, Thomas Struck, Carlo Petrini
The producer of the Berlinale Special Terra Madre, Gian Luca Farinelli, the director of the Culinary Cinema, Thomas Struck, and "Slow Food"-Founder Carlo Petrini signed the Berlinale Guest Book.
Terra Madre · Berlinale Special · Feb 06, 2009
Ermanno Olmi (Director), Cornelia Poletto (Chef)
Terra Madre
Berlinale Special · Press Conference · Feb 09, 2009