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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dear Margrit,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks for sharing this information, I find them highly appropriate. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Are the schedules of the China Blue and Store Wars at the same time (19.30 hrs) on Nov 4 and Nov 5, respectively? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Eduardo<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> ngo-sanrm-bounces@ngocentre.org.vn [mailto:ngo-sanrm-bounces@ngocentre.org.vn] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resources Management Working Group<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 30, 2012 11:14 AM<br><b>To:</b> Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resources Management Working Group; ngo-emwg@ngocentre.org.vn<br><b>Cc:</b> thaopham@cgfed.org.vn; ieanne.samuel@thehdi.org; info@seed-to-table.org; Tran Hong Minh (VEST)<br><b>Subject:</b> [Ngo-sanrm] REMINDER: Screening of the documentary BITTER SEEDS, Saturday 3 November 2012, 19.30 hours, at Hanoi Cin�math�que<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Colleagues and Members of the SANRM WG and EMWG, <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>This is a reminder regarding the screening of the documentary <b>BITTER SEEDS</b>.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>When: <b>Saturday, 3 November 2012, at 19.30 hours</b>.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Where: <b>Hanoi Cin�math�que, 22A Hai Ba Trung</b>.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>For more information on this particular film see the earlier message below.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hanoi Cin�math�que is pleased to inform that the San Francisco-based director Micha X. Peled will be at Hanoi Cin�math�que on November 3, 4 and 5 to screen three award-winning documentaries, comprising his „Globalization Trilogy": <b>BITTER SEEDS</b> (Saturday 03.11.), <b>CHINA BLUE</b> (Sunday 04.11.) and <b>STORE WARS: WHEN WAL-MART COMES TO TOWN </b>(Monday 05.11.).<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>All three films deal with important issues - for Vietnam and the world. After the screenings, Mr. Peled will be present for discussion/Q&A.<br><br>Hanoi Cin�math�que expects a full-house, so you might want to reserve early. For reservations, you can phone them daily from 14:00 to 21:00 hours at (04) 3936 2648. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>With friendliest regards.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Margrit<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Begin forwarded message:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>From: </span></b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Margrit Schlosser <<a href="mailto:margrit.schlosser@gmail.com">margrit.schlosser@gmail.com</a>></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Subject: Screening of the documentary BITTER SEEDS, Saturday 3 November 2012, at Cin�math�que </span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Date: </span></b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>17. Oktober 2012 11:46:05 GMT+07:00</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>To: </span></b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resources Management Working Group <<a href="mailto:ngo-sanrm@ngocentre.org.vn">ngo-sanrm@ngocentre.org.vn</a>>, <a href="mailto:ngo-emwg@ngocentre.org.vn">ngo-emwg@ngocentre.org.vn</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Bcc: </span></b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Herman Gerry <<a href="mailto:ghlotus@aol.com">ghlotus@aol.com</a>></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Colleagues and Members of the SANRM WG and EMWG, <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Herewith, I would like to inform you about the screening of the documentary <b>BITTER SEEDS</b>, directed by Micha X. Peled, on <b>Saturday 3 November 2012, at Cin�math�que</b> (22A Hai Ba Trung). <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>This is a unique opportunity to learn about the plight of Indian farmers, their dependence on GM seeds and the risks they encounter. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hoping to see many of you there!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Margrit<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Margrit Schlosser, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Postal address: IPO Box 46<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>6 Dinh Le, Hanoi, Vietnam<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Tel.: +84 4 372 645 87 <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Email: <a href="mailto:margrit.schlosser@gmail.com">margrit.schlosser@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>PS. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Micha X. Peled will be present at the screening. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Find information on this documentary in the text here below: <o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='border:none;border-left:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 23.0pt;margin-left:11.25pt;margin-top:11.25pt;margin-right:11.25pt;margin-bottom:11.25pt;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width: 0px;outline-style: initial;outline-color: initial;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin: initial;background-clip: initial'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:midnightblue'>BITTER SEEDS</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:midnightblue'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='border:none;border-left:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 23.0pt;margin-left:11.25pt;margin-top:11.25pt;margin-right:11.25pt;margin-bottom:11.25pt;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width: 0px;outline-style: initial;outline-color: initial;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin: initial;background-clip: initial'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><em><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#545454;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Bitter Seeds</span></em><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#545454'> explores the future of how we grow things, weighing in on the worldwide debate over the changes created by industrial agriculture. Companies like the U.S.-based Monsanto claim that their genetically modified (GM) seeds offer the most effective solution to feeding the world’s growing population, but on the ground, many small-scale farmers are losing their land. Nowhere is the situation more desperate than in India, where an epidemic of farmer suicides has claimed over a quarter million lives. Every 30 minutes one farmer in India, deep in debt and unable to provide for his family, commits suicide.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='border:none;border-left:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 23.0pt;margin-left:11.25pt;margin-top:11.25pt;margin-right:11.25pt;margin-bottom:11.25pt;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width: 0px;outline-style: initial;outline-color: initial;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin: initial;background-clip: initial'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#545454'><a href="http://teddybearfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/BSPoster-e1318448298559.jpeg"><span style='color:#488793;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=195 height=300 id="_x0031_9960766-c259-4959-9bd2-1b9f2f889c45" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CDB6BB.B7498240"></span></a>Following a U.S. complaint to the World Trade Organization, India had to open its doors to foreign seed companies. Within a few years, multinational corporations had taken over India’s seed market in a number of major crops. Now only GM seeds are available at the shops, requiring India’s farmers to pay an annual royalty. The GM seeds are much more expensive; they need additional fertilizers and insecticides and must be re-purchased every season. While large farms have prospered, the majority of farmers find it increasingly more difficult to make a living off their land.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='border:none;border-left:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 23.0pt;margin-left:11.25pt;margin-top:11.25pt;margin-right:11.25pt;margin-bottom:11.25pt;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width: 0px;outline-style: initial;outline-color: initial;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin: initial;background-clip: initial'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><em><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#545454;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Bitter Seeds </span></em><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#545454'>follows a season in a village at the epicenter of the crisis, from sowing to harvest. Like most of his neighbors, cotton-farmer Ram Krishna must borrow heavily in order to afford the mounting costs of modern farming. Required by a money-lender to put up his land as collateral, he gambles on everything he has.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='border:none;border-left:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 23.0pt;margin-left:11.25pt;margin-top:11.25pt;margin-right:11.25pt;margin-bottom:11.25pt;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width: 0px;outline-style: initial;outline-color: initial;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin: initial;background-clip: initial'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#545454'>When his crop is attacked by pests, Ram Krishna must do whatever he can to avoid losing the family land. Adding to his burden is another duty – his daughter has reached marrying age, and he must find the money for an expensive dowry. Ram Krishna has just become a candidate for joining the ranks of the farmers who commit suicide in despair.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='border:none;border-left:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 23.0pt;margin-left:11.25pt;margin-top:11.25pt;margin-right:11.25pt;margin-bottom:11.25pt;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width: 0px;outline-style: initial;outline-color: initial;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin: initial;background-clip: initial'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#545454'>Weaving in and out of Ram Krishna’s story is that of his neighbor’s daughter. Manjusha, a college student, is determined to become a journalist and tell the world about the farmers’ predicament. Her family opposes her plans, which go against village traditions. Manjusha’s ambition is also fueled by her personal history – her father was one of the suicide victims. When a newspaper reporter agrees to look at her writing, Manjusha takes on Ram Krishna’s plight as her first reporting project. Armed with a small camera from the production team, her video becomes part of the film.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='border:none;border-left:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 23.0pt;margin-left:11.25pt;margin-top:11.25pt;margin-right:11.25pt;margin-bottom:11.25pt;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width: 0px;outline-style: initial;outline-color: initial;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin: initial;background-clip: initial'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#545454'>The film follows the seeds salesmen from the remote village in the state of Maharashtra to their company’s headquarters. Interviews with seed industry executives (including Monsanto’s) and their critic, Vandana Shiva, flesh out the debate.<em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><a href="http://teddybearfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/RK-carries1.jpg"><span style='color:#488793;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=300 height=200 id="_x0032_a09a066-4464-4420-9a50-acf95c1e51d8" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CDB6BB.B7498240"></span></a></span></em><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='border:none;border-left:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 23.0pt;margin-left:11.25pt;margin-top:11.25pt;margin-right:11.25pt;margin-bottom:11.25pt;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width: 0px;outline-style: initial;outline-color: initial;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin: initial;background-clip: initial'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><em><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#545454;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Bitter Seeds</span></em><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#545454'> features compelling characters to tell a deeply moving story from the heart of the worldwide controversy about the future of farming.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='border:none;border-left:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 23.0pt;margin-left:11.25pt;margin-top:11.25pt;margin-right:11.25pt;margin-bottom:11.25pt;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width: 0px;outline-style: initial;outline-color: initial;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin: initial;background-clip: initial'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#545454'>“Films like this can change the world.” – <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Alice Waters</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='border:none;border-left:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 23.0pt;margin-left:11.25pt;margin-top:11.25pt;margin-right:11.25pt;margin-bottom:11.25pt;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width: 0px;outline-style: initial;outline-color: initial;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin: initial;background-clip: initial'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#545454'>“A tragedy for our times, beautifully told, deeply disturbing.” – <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Michael Pollan</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><br><br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>You can also visit the following website: <span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:mediumblue'><a href="http://teddybearfilms.com/films/">http://teddybearfilms.com/films/</a></span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:mediumblue;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>