Screening:
- Wednesday, September 14 - 9:00am
Universidad APEC, Santo Domingo - Thursday, September 15 - 4:00pm
Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña (UNPHU), Santo Domingo - Friday, September 16 - 11:00am
Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE), Santo Domingo
A documentary about global food waste and what we can do about it. Why do we throw away so much? And how can we stop this kind of waste? Amazing but true: On the way from the farm to the dining-room table, more than half the food lands on the dump. Most of it before it ever reaches consumers. We seek explanations: from supermarket sales staff and managers, from bakers, wholesale market inspectors, welfare recipients, ministers, farmers and EU bureaucrats. It’s a system that we all take part in: when we waste half of our food that has a disastrous impact on the world climate.
Director: Valentin Thurn
Country: Germany
Year: 2011
Duration: 88 min
Language: German
Subtitles: Spanish
Valentin Thurn
Born in Stuttgart, Germany, Valentin Thurn is director and author of TV documentaries for national and international channels ; author of radio features and articles for magazines; author of books such as “Harte Kost” the book around his latest movie “10 Billion”; teacher at international congresses and workshops. He is also member of the founding board of the International Federation of Environmental Journalists (IFEJ) , of Reporters without borders, Netzwerk Recherche (investigative reporter’s network), AGDOK (German association of documentary filmmakers). In 2003 he founded the film production company THURN FILM, based in Cologne.
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