BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:24333@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:🎬 ASEED presents: Seeds of Dignity (2025) DTSTAMP:20260720T110151Z DTSTART:20260628T170000Z DESCRIPTION:Ali Alsheikh Khedr | 2025 | Lebanon\, Iraq\, France | 30’ | EN subtitles \n\nSeeds of Dignity follows the work of Buzuruna Juzuruna\, a g rassroots collective\nof farmers and seed activists in Lebanon’s Bekaa Val ley who are reclaiming food\nproduction from the control of agribusiness a nd global seed corporations.\nThrough the collection\, multiplication\, an d free distribution of heirloom seeds\,\nthey challenge agricultural depen dency and work toward food sovereignty across\nthe region.\n\nSet against the backdrop of economic collapse\, war\, displacement\, and the\nenduring legacies of colonialism\, the film explores how struggles over seeds are\ ninseparable from broader struggles for political autonomy\, collective\ns elf-determination\, and social justice. Extending beyond Lebanon\, the\nco llective’s networks connect farmers\, activists\, and communities in Iraq\ ,\nSyria\, Palestine\, Egypt\, and Europe\, demonstrating how agricultural knowledge\,\ncare\, and resistance can circulate across borders.\n\nAt a time when food systems are increasingly shaped by corporate concentration\ ,\nconflict\, and ecological crisis\, Seeds of Dignity offers a powerful a ccount of\ninternationalist solidarity from below and of the efforts of fa rmers and\nactivists to defend the right of communities to control their o wn food systems\,\nseeds\, and futures.\n\nThe event is organised by ASEED [https://aseed.net/] and activist collectives\nfrom Iraq and Syria. The s creening of Seeds of Dignity will be followed by a\npanel on seed sovereig nty and international solidarity\, to collectively\nstrategise how to defe nd the right to the core of all life: seeds.\n  URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/aseed-presents-seeds-of-dignity-2025 GEO:52.381974;4.8703107 LOCATION:Filmhuis Cavia - Van Hallstraat 52-1\, 1051 HH Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-west,colonialism,community,discussion/presentation,fil m,food,staatsliedenbuurt X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Ali Alsheikh Khedr | 2025 | Lebanon , Iraq, France | 30’ | EN subtitles 

Seeds of Dig nity follows the work of Buzuruna Juzuruna, a grassroots collective o f farmers and seed activists in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley who are reclaiming food production from the control of agribusiness and global seed corporati ons. Through the collection, multiplication, and free distribution of heir loom seeds, they challenge agricultural dependency and work toward food so vereignty across the region.

Set against the backdrop of economic c ollapse, war, displacement, and the enduring legacies of colonialism, the film explores how struggles over seeds are inseparable from broader strugg les for political autonomy, collective self-determination, and social just ice. Extending beyond Lebanon, the collective’s networks connect farmers, activists, and communities in Iraq, Syria, Palestine, Egypt, and Europe, d emonstrating how agricultural knowledge, care, and resistance can circulat e across borders.

At a time when food systems are increasingly shap ed by corporate concentration, conflict, and ecological crisis, Seeds of Dignity offers a powerful account of internationalist solidarity f rom below and of the efforts of farmers and activists to defend the right of communities to control their own food systems, seeds, and futures.
< br>The event is organised by ASEED and activist collectives from Iraq and Syria. The screening of < em>Seeds of Dignity will be followed by a panel on seed sovereignty a nd international solidarity, to collectively strategise how to defend the right to the core of all life: seeds.
 

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