In nuce: As part of our weekly recurring series “Animago Afternoon”, we present pearls, gems and other splendours from last year’s Animago film festivals at the best time of the afternoon. This time we’re showing you the winner in the “Best Visualisation” category, salvaged from the Animago archives in 2013: “Let’s Talk about Soil” was made under the guidance of director Uli Henrik Streckenbach – an alumnus of Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle.
What is “Let’s Talk about Soil” about? The film deals with the questionable state of our soil resources worldwide. The five-minute film deals with topics such as increasing urbanisation, illegal overexploitation, unlawful land takeover and one-sided monocultures.
Let’s talk about soils! And anyway, did you know that it takes two thousand years to create just 10 centimetres of fertile soil? Or that an area of land the size of Berlin is concreted over with urban buildings every year in Europe? The problem with this is that half of the soil built up in this way remains sealed – permanently. In other words, this soil is no longer available for fertile cultivation. But fertile soil is – as the short film says – “not an endless resource”.
Staying on the ground: The film clearly underlines the fact that this shortage is not just a matter of a pill: “One billion people have to go to bed hungry every day,” says “Let’s Talk about Soil”, which was released in 2013. High time for “Walk the Talk”, isn’t it? Despite all the criticism, the film also shows possible solutions and emphasises the need for legislators to create their own legal spaces for soil – however strange this may sound to the ears of the baby boomer generation.
Click further: You can find the full-length link to the stirring short film below. We say: Roll the film – and don’t lose your grip! On globalsoilweek.org you can get to the bottom of the (sometimes worrying) facts!
Let’s Talk About Soil – English (w/ Dutch Subtitles)
