Bitter seeds
By: a co-production of Teddy Bear Films and ITVS ; written, directed, produced by Micha X. Peled
Contributors: Teddy Bear Films; Independent Television Service
Series: GLS 150 (NU course); GLS 420 (NU course); GLS 430 (NU course)
Publisher: Teddy Bear Films
Published: 2011
Place of publication: San Francisco, CA
Language: mar
Format: [videorecording]  /
Number of pages: 88
Subjects: Cotton farmers; Seeds; Marketing; Seed industry and trade; Crops; Genetic engineering; Social aspects; Monsanto Company
Other titles: Globalization trilogy, pt. 3
Description: "Every 30 minutes a farmer in India kills himself in despair because he can no longer provide for his family. Will Ramkrishna be next? A cotton farmer at the epicenter of the suicide crisis region, he is struggling to keep his land. Manjusha, the neighbors' daughter, is determined to overcome village traditions and become a journalist. Ramkrishna's plight becomes her first assignment." -- Teddy Bear Films website.
Notes: Originally produced as a documentary film in 2011.

Camera, Devendra Golatkar ; editor, Leonard Feinstein ; music, Frank Ilfman.

DVD.

In Marathi with English subtitles and intertitles.

Winner, Green Screen Award, IDFA, 2011; Global Justice award, Oxfam Novib.