The Fruit Hunters (2012)

Directed by

Yung Chang

Genre

documentary film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows people who grow and protect unusual fruits. It mixes real footage with animations and staged scenes to tell stories about fruit history and the people who are passionate about them.

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What happens

The Fruit Hunters is a 2012 feature documentary film about exotic fruit cultivators and preservationists. It is directed by Yung Chang and co-written by Chang and Mark Slutsky, and inspired by Adam Leith Gollner's 2008 book of the same name. In addition to documentary sequences, the film also uses CGI animation, models and performers to stage real and imagined moments in the history of fruit. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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