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4:30 PM-9:00 PM
Toxic Harvest: The Hidden Truth about Pesticides Film Premier
Film|After the premier in Cape Town, the Rosa-Luxemburg-Foundation is presenting their new documentary film ‘Toxic Harvest’ in Johannesburg in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut. The film screening aligns with the currently implemented project Cultivating Sustainable Futures.
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Goethe-Institut Johannesburg, Johannesburg
- Language English
- Part of series: Sustainable Together: Cultivating Sustainable Futures
Toxic Harvest: The Hidden Truth about Pesticides is a gripping documentary feature film that uncovers the devastating and far-reaching impacts of agrotoxins, highlighting the use of highly hazardous pesticides in South Africa. Shot with unflinching honesty, it reveals how agrotoxins poison the environment – contaminating the soil, the air we breathe, the water we drink and the food we eat – affecting us all.
The film tells the stories of farm workers on the frontlines of exposure to toxic chemicals and their courageous fight against an unjust and exploitative system.
Through expert interviews, striking visuals, and eye-opening revelations, Toxic Harvest sheds light on the systemic failures that allow these chemicals to persist.
At its core, the film calls for urgent action to phase out highly hazardous pesticides and a transition in our food production to agroecological farming practices for a safer, more sustainable future for all.
The film screening will be followed by a short panel discussion with the co-producer Refiloe Joala from Rosa-Luxemburg Foundation and Siphiwe Sithole from African Marmalade. Moderated by Inolofatseng Lekaba.
16.30 pm: Arrival and Farm Market with fresh produce from local organic small-scale farmers
17.30 pm: Welcome remarks by Rosa-Luxemburg Foundation
18.00 pm: Film Screening ‘Toxic Harvest’
19.20 pm: Moderated discussion
20.00 pm: Cocktail with local and organic products
The film tells the stories of farm workers on the frontlines of exposure to toxic chemicals and their courageous fight against an unjust and exploitative system.
Through expert interviews, striking visuals, and eye-opening revelations, Toxic Harvest sheds light on the systemic failures that allow these chemicals to persist.
At its core, the film calls for urgent action to phase out highly hazardous pesticides and a transition in our food production to agroecological farming practices for a safer, more sustainable future for all.
The film screening will be followed by a short panel discussion with the co-producer Refiloe Joala from Rosa-Luxemburg Foundation and Siphiwe Sithole from African Marmalade. Moderated by Inolofatseng Lekaba.
16.30 pm: Arrival and Farm Market with fresh produce from local organic small-scale farmers
17.30 pm: Welcome remarks by Rosa-Luxemburg Foundation
18.00 pm: Film Screening ‘Toxic Harvest’
19.20 pm: Moderated discussion
20.00 pm: Cocktail with local and organic products
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Location
Goethe-Institut Johannesburg
119 Jan Smuts Avenue Parkwood
Johannesburg
2193
South Africa
119 Jan Smuts Avenue Parkwood
Johannesburg
2193
South Africa
Location
Goethe-Institut Johannesburg
119 Jan Smuts Avenue Parkwood
Johannesburg
2193
South Africa
119 Jan Smuts Avenue Parkwood
Johannesburg
2193
South Africa