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Roots of Hunger, Roots of Change
198528 minFilm: Documentary
Direction: David Springbett
Script: Heather MacAndrew
Produced by Asterisk Film & Videotape Productions Ltd. for the Canadian international Development Agency. For purchase, contact Asterisk Film & Videotape Productions Ltd.
Hunger in the developing world has many root causes, only one of which is drought. This documentary film examines the situation in Deur Saar in northern Senegal showing the profound impact that European colonialism and the introduction of cash crops has had on the economy and ecology of the region.
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Subject categories
- Developing Countries > AfricaAfrica - West AfricaAgriculture, Food and NutritionColonization and DecolonizationFamine, Drought and Other DisastersPolitics, Government and History
- Politics and Government > AfricaColonialism and Independence
- Agriculture > Food IssuesForeign CountriesHistorical PerspectivesNatural disastersSocial Issues
Credits
- director
- David Springbett
- script
- Heather MacAndrew
- camera
- Len Gilday
- sound
- Tim Wilson
- editing
- David Leach
- sound editing
- David Leach
- narrator
- Murray Cruchley
- music
- Doug Wilde