
SEED: The Untold Story follows passionate seed keepers protecting our 12,000 year-old food legacy. In the last century, 94% of our seed varieties have disappeared. As chemical companies control the majority of our seeds, farmers, scientists, lawyers, and indigenous seed keepers fight a David and Goliath battle to defend the future of our food. In a harrowing and heartening story, these reluctant heroes rekindle a lost connection to our most treasured resource and revive a cul... (Full plot summary below)
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SEED: The Untold Story follows passionate seed keepers protecting our 12,000 year-old food legacy. In the last century, 94% of our seed varieties have disappeared. As chemical companies control the majority of our seeds, farmers, scientists, lawyers, and indigenous seed keepers fight a David and Goliath battle to defend the future of our food. In a harrowing and heartening story, these reluctant heroes rekindle a lost connection to our most treasured resource and revive a culture connected to seeds.
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| Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeAn eco-doc centered on the glories of diversity in the world's population of edible plants, Seed: The Untold Story contains just enough gourmet touches to draw foodies into the audience alongside the usual environmentalist crowd. |
| Los Angeles TimesKimber MyersThis is a gorgeously made film, put together with as much care as its subjects devote to saving the remaining varieties of seeds. |
| Anchorage PressIndra ArriagaSEED: The Untold Story is well-structured, paralleling the holdings of the major corporations with the geographical path of the narrative. |
| Hollywood Report CardRoss AnthonyThough not perfect, this is yet another beautiful documentary from the folks that brought us Queen of the Sun and The Real Dirt on Farmer John. |
| Village VoiceDaphne HowlandIt's a wonder of photography, animation, and sound, and it's a testament to its editors that the many interviews with activists and scientists are compelling and informative, sometimes even poetic. |
| Easy Reader (California)Neely SwansonFor me, it was the people who made this story watchable. |
| Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)Jenny FeniakCollective Eye Films has struck documentary gold. |
| Film Journal InternationalMaitland McDonaghThe frightening beauty of Seed is the clarity with which it defines the mission of seed-savers -- maintaining agricultural diversity for future generations, whatever the world they inherit; it's bluntly persuasive. |
| The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerSeed: The Untold Story is one of those documentaries that get you riled up about a situation but leave you feeling that nothing significant can be done about it. |
| User ReviewAnna BWhat a beautiful, informative and powerful film! |