Der Waldmacher

Deutschland 2019-2021 Dokumentarfilm

Summary

The Forest Maker

In 1981, young Australian agronomist Tony Rinaudo arrives in Niger to fight the growing desertification. After a few failures, he discovers a massive root network beneath the supposedly dead soil. With his new technique of reactivating the still-living tree stumps and roots, he is able to revolutionize African agriculture and forestry and give new hope to countless people.  

In his first documentary, Volker Schlöndorff portrays a remarkable man whose life's work was awarded the so-called Alternative Nobel Prize in 2018.

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Credits

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Shoot

    • Mali, Ghana, Niger, Indien, Senegal, Burkina Faso und Äthiopien
Duration:
93 min
Format:
DCP
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 30.12.2021, 211036, ohne Altersbeschränkung / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Kinostart (DE): 07.04.2022

Titles

  • Originaltitel (DE) Der Waldmacher
  • Weiterer Titel (eng) The Forest Maker

Versions

Original

Duration:
93 min
Format:
DCP
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 30.12.2021, 211036, ohne Altersbeschränkung / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Kinostart (DE): 07.04.2022

Awards

Filmkunstmesse Leipzig 2022
  • Gilde Filmpreis (>ex aequo< Bettina)