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Film Info

2023 | 103 min. Director: Mark Michel
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04103 Leipzig
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Production Company

Holbeinstrasse 9
04229 Leipzig
Phone +49 341 92704813 http://www.neue-celluloid-fabrik.de

Categories

Documentary

Herders

5x 26min or 103min, original German, Spanish, Hindu, English, Kyrghyz version with English and German subtitles or German voice over available

Synopsis

HERDERS – GUARDIANS OF THE EARTH follows five herders and their families in Peru, Kyrgyzstan, Uganda, India and Germany throughout the seasons. For months they trek through changing landscapes with their herds, living only from what nature provides. It is a life far from the romantic picture we have, a life under harsh conditions, in direct contact with nature and its extreme elements – birth, death, storm and sun, rain and drought are fundamental parts of their lives. HERDERS tells the story of their struggles for survival. Their animals are partners, even friends.

HERDERS – GUARDIANS OF THE EARTH is a graceful and moving meditation on a disappearing life form. Tender and unsentimental at the same time. In landscapes of remarkable size and beauty, the film portrays the lives of the often invisible and marginalised pastoralist cultures that exist throughout the world. The film captures the beauty and hardship of this dying way of life, explores the deep and ancient union between people and animals, and tells of a way of food production and a way of life that gives more back to the nature and to humanity than what it takes away. There is a wisdom in the ancient practices of nomadic pastoralism that deserves to be preserved and protected. Time for a tribute. And a chance to rethink.

Cast & Crew

Festivals/awards

2023
nominated for the German nature Film Award
Darßer NaturfilmFestival
2024
SWR DOKUFESTIVAL
NaturVision

World Sales

Chopinstr. 8
04103 Leipzig
Phone +49 341 44282450 http://www.albatrossworldsales.com

Production Company

Holbeinstrasse 9
04229 Leipzig
Phone +49 341 92704813 http://www.neue-celluloid-fabrik.de

Categories

Documentary
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