Locally produced documentary highlights Africa's food and agriculture crises

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Written and directed by Cape Town filmmaker Andréa Gema, The Last Seed is a cinematic journey through Africa's modern-day food and agriculture crises.

is a cinematic journey through Africa’s modern-day food and agriculture crises.

Having volunteered with multiple NGOs throughout her life, Gema jumped at the opportunity to use her film skills to bring awareness to Africa’s food crisis, both for local and international audiences. The documentary’s producer, Refiloe Joala, serves as the food sovereignty programme manager in the Southern Africa Regional Office of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, also based in Johannesburg. Her interests lie in understanding the changing agro-food systems, particularly within the context of growing corporate control in Southern Africa. Joala also works on promoting seed sovereignty and advocating for farmworkers’ rights in the region.

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