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A Blooming Business
The Way of
Nature

(Kenya , Netherlands, 2009, 52 mins)
In
Engllish, Swahili with English subtitles

HDCAM

Canadian Premiere
Directed By: Ton van
Zantvoort

A rose is a rose is a rose, unless it's a toxic offshoot of
international corporate corruption. Director Ton van Zantvoort's unsparing
portrait of the dirty reality of the flower business, may make it impossible for
you look at a flower in quite the same way again. A quietly formidable film,
A Blooming Business focuses on three different individuals, who make
their living in the vast flower plantations that cluster thickly on the shores
of Kenya's Lake Naivasha. Jane, Kennedy and Oscar are each trapped in different
ways by economic desperation. Drawn by the promise of a job, Jane moved to the
area, only to find the reality of work in the flower plantations to be little
more than slavery. After working a 16-hour day, she makes porridge for her
children and leads a solemn prayer before bed. Kennedy, reliant upon a good
catch, heads out to fish the waters of Lake Naivasha every morning, but toxic
runoff from the factory farms has disrupted the spawning beds and resulted in an
ever-decreasing supply. Oscar, an itinerant water salesman, knowingly sells
water polluted by the toxic runoff. International flower companies deny their
practices have resulted in disability and disfigurement for their workers--a
disavowal shown for a lie by the secretly filmed footage of toxic chemicals
being sprayed a few feet away from women wearing no protective gear. Van
Zantvoort's film brings a depth of poetic image to endemic horror and
exploitation. But the thing that most endures is the extraordinary dignity of
the individuals depicted, who simply want honest work.

Screening Schedule

Wed, Oct 14th 6:00pm
Empire Granville 7 Th 5

$11.00

Thu, Oct 15th 12:40pm
Empire Granville 7 Th 5

$8.00

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