Le chant de la fleur

Director: 
Jacques Dochamps
Country: 
Duration: 
61Min
Year of production: 
2013
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Subtitles language (s): 
Cinematography: 
Remon Fromont
Sound: 
Cyril Mossé
Editing: 
Matyas Veress
Production: 
Iota Production, Magellan Films
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Synopsis: 

Will an ancestral song save the Amazon? Threatened by the petroleum industry, the Amazonian people of Sarayaku lead a constant fight for their survival. Inspired by an ancestral shaman song, they commit, in an incredible challenge of universal reach: the Border of Life.

 

Bio Director: 

Jacques Dochamps graduated at INSAS in 1974. He started his career as scriptwriter-director at the  RTBF channel. He took part in more than 40 coverages in countries of the South and in all continents for the DUNIA magazine. In 2005, he is the author of a play called Large Visage (Wide Face) created in Brussels by the Simorgh Theater. In 2008, he took over the edition of Planète en Question (Earth in Question) with Patrick de Lamalle. In 2010, he collaborated with lota Production on 4 documentary films of 52-minute length for Planète en Question.

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