The Botanist (2016)

Original title

Ботаник

Directed by

Maxime Lacoste-Lebuis, Maude Plante-Husaruk

Genre

documentary film

Country

Canada

Runtime

20 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In Tajikistan, a botanist builds his own small hydroelectric station to bring power to his family and neighbors after the Soviet Union collapses. The film shows his daily life and work.

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What happens

The Botanist is a 2016 Canadian documentary short film, directed by Maude Plante-Husaruk and Maxime Lacoste-Lebuis. The film is a portrait of Raïmberdi, a Tajik botanist who built his own private hydroelectric power station to serve his family and community during the famine that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union. The film premiered in June 2016 at AFI Docs. It was later screened at the 2016 Montreal International Documentary Festival, where it won the award for Best Canadian Short or Medium-Length Film. The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2017. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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