The story of Vandana Shiva, Indian environmental activist and nuclear physicist, who was awarded the Right Livelihood Award in 1993. Her opponents call her “The Green Killer.” They gave her “The Bulls**t Award” for sustaining poverty. TIME says she is a hero of our times, an icon for youngsters all over the world.

In this documentary, the filmmakers follow Vandana Shiva over a two-year period, from her organic farm at the foot of the Himalayas to institutions of power all over the world. Here Vandana Shiva does battle with one of her toughest opponents, Monsanto, a huge American bio-tech company, when they try to patent an ancient Indian strain of wheat. Together with Dalits she tries to close down a Coca-Cola plant in Kerala, in a conflict involving groundwater pollution. Vandana Shiva also tackles the question of farmers’ suicide, a backlash of the globalization.

The filmmakers describe Monsanto from the inside and arrange what proves a shaking meeting between Vandana Shiva and Barun Mitra, liberal think-tanker, lobbyist and fierce critic of Vandana Shiva – and the man who gave her the “Bulls**t Prize.”

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To learn more, or to purchase this film, visit PeA Holmquist and Suzanne Khardalian's website.

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