La Finca de Los Perezosos: Navigating Video Documentary on a Permaculture Farm in Central Panama
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Authors
Skalican, Toni
Issue Date
2011
Type
Thesis
Language
en_US
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Abstract
The documentary La ftnca de los perezosos tells the story of an organic
permaculture farm in Panama, started by an American man from Milwaukee.
With considerable help of his "right hand man" Marcelino, a Panamanian man
from the rural town of Atre, he undertakes the mission of proving and
exhibiting a productive model for organic farming in a geographical area
complicated by intense heat, rain, and erosion. In opening up his property to
local farmers, teachers, and school children, he shares new methods of
cultivation absent of conventional pesticide use and slash and burn farming
techniques.
Will the farm make a lasting impression on the greater Panamanian
community? This documentary will explore individual perspectives on
permaculture, revealing how interests and capabilities merge to support an
educational, agricultural movement both unique and fundamental to
progressive social change in Panama.
Description
vi, 40 p.
Citation
Publisher
Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College.
License
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