A blooming business |
Directed by: Ton van Zantvoort
Duration: 52'  The Netherlands, 2009

Contact

Ton van Zantvoort
NEWTON film
Vogelschoot 27
4813 NG Breda
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 6 410 390 81
Fax: +31 8 474 462 00
E-mail: [email-masked]

Composers

Summary

A Blooming Business is a poetic documentary by Ton Van Zantvoort about people in Kenya who are imprisoned by the power of the global flower growing industry.
The dilemmas of the industry grow painfully clear and a dark world of oppression, sexual abuse and terrible working conditions unfolds.
There is only one conclusion possible: the smell of the imported rose is not sweet, but bitter.
The film combines pure observation with direct comments of the main characters.
The camera is present and absent at the same time and reshapes the documentary.
With great humanism van Zantvoort shows us a different world where all human life is valuable.

Distribution

Ton van Zantvoort
NEWTON film
Vogelschoot 27
4813 NG Breda
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 6 410 390 81
Fax: +31 8 474 462 00
E-mail: [email-masked]

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