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Toxification

Name: Toxification
Director: Rehmat Rayatt, Leva Kwestany
Genre: Human Rights, Climate / Environment, Woman Director, Asian, Science
Released: 2019
Duration: 63 mins

Synopsis

What price do the farmers of Punjab pay for the rice on our plate?
The north Indian state of Punjab was said to have produced enough food to feed the entire country during the Green Revolution. However, the overuse of chemicals introduced to enhance production poisoned the water with carcinogens and created an infertile soil addicted to chemicals. Just as the land is dependent, so are more and more farmers becoming addicted to drugs, which help them to work longer hours in the fields. The expense of the chemicals and drugs forces farmers to take loans from 'Arthis', the rich middlemen who increase their interest rates without warning. Over 50,000 farmers have committed suicide in the last ten years, by drinking the toxic chemicals that are murdering Punjabi soil.

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Details

Year: 2019
Type of project: Features
Running time: 63 mins
Format: 35mm
Director: Rehmat Rayatt, Leva Kwestany 1st Feature
Producer: Rehmat Rayatt
Co-Producer: Nahiyan Muhaymeen, Liz Settimba
Executive Producer: Rehmat Rayatt
Editor: Rehmat Rayatt, Leva Kwestany
Director of Photography: Rehmat Rayatt, Leva Kwestany
Sound: Chris Graver
Composer: Debasmita Bhattacharya
Principal cast: Amarjit Singh, Balbir Singh, Darshan Singh Rudel

Genre

Human Rights Climate / Environment Woman Director Asian Science

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Rehmat Rayatt

44A Cheniston Gardens
London
W8 6TH

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