DThese exceptional screenings are planned at the Andronis cinema in Montendre as part of the AlimenTerre festival. On Friday, November 15, at 6 p.m., a film debate and the screening of the documentary “Traillée de powder”, by André Chandelle and Patrick Remacle. And on Saturday, November 16, at 8:45 p.m., a film concert combining a preview screening of the film “En fanfare” by Emmanuel Courcol, preceded by a small concert of “La Lyre montendraise” which will perform music from the movie.
Crisis in the dairy sector
The first documentary relates the crisis in the agricultural sector which is hitting the dairy sector hard. The end of quotas has mechanically led to overproduction which has a downward influence on the price paid at the farm. This suits manufacturers in the dairy sector who export butter in particular, the price of which per tonne has doubled in a few years. The fats extracted from milk remain a dry powder that industries have succeeded in valorizing. They are flooding African countries with them at low prices, which penalizes African producers and further weakens African societies. But some are fighting to change this system which impoverishes producers in Europe and Africa. “Powder Trail” takes us on the journey of these people who face this destructive globalization.
“Exchanges are planned after the film with themes: how, as a French consumer and citizen, can we support French and African dairy farmers? What levers do we have to show solidarity? », Specifies Janine Dumoulin, president of the Clap Montendre association, responsible for managing the Andronis cinema.
Love of music
The second screening, “En fanfare”, tells the story of Thibaut, an internationally renowned conductor who travels the world. When he learns that he was adopted, he discovers the existence of a brother, Jimmy, a school canteen employee who plays the trombone in a marching band in the north of France. Apparently, everything separates them, except the love of music. Detecting his brother’s exceptional musical abilities, Thibaut makes it his mission to repair the injustice of fate. Jimmy then begins to dream of another life…
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The AlimenTerre festivals
It is an event on sustainable and inclusive food which began in 2007 in Paris. Since then, it has become an international event organized every year from October 15 to November 30. Through a selection of documentary films, it encourages citizens to learn about and understand agricultural and food issues in France. For a month and a half, nearly 2,000 events are organized in 600 municipalities in a dozen countries: debate screenings, food and solidarity markets, organic, local and fair trade cooking workshops with children, exhibitions, visits to farms and meetings with agricultural professionals, educational game for a class of high school students, street performance, etc. Nearly 90,000 people participate each year.
