Ton van Zantvoort wint EU OSHA AWARD
52nd INTERNATIONAL LEIPZIG FESTIVAL
FOR DOCUMENTARY AND ANIMATED FILM
26 October to 1 November 2009
The Jury for the Healthy Workplaces Film Award awards for the best documentary film
about the subject of work the Healthy Workplaces Film Award along with € 8 000
granted by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU OSHA) to the film
A Blooming Business by Ton van Zantvoort (The Netherlands)
EU OSHA is the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, who grants the award.
Safety and health at work were much less visibile in the other films we had to see.
Nearly always, we saw work in radical situations, or as pure survival.
"we find the documentary A BLOOMING BUSINESS worthy of the EU OSHA AWARD.
We follow Jane and the women from flower farms in Kenya, who work with no social rights, using very danger
chemicals, without any protection on their day-to-day life, raising flowers to be imported to The Netherlands.
The work in the flower farms not only affects the workers, but also has enormous effects on the entire
surroundings: hurting the fish and fishermen, and polluting the water of the lake.
Being a single mother, Jane – the protagonist – has no choice but to provide for her four young children, even in
the price of having sex with her supervisor. What on the surface seems to be a voyage in a pastoralist scenery,
evidently becomes a nightmare, and the viewer is gradually exposed to the misery of the workers, as well as to
the grave consequences of globalisation. Despite the fact that the film’s structure is simple, it has a very
shocking effect on the viewer. Passing by the flower market yesterday here in Leipzig, we couldn’t avoid
thinking about the origin of European flowers made in Kenya. And if you happen to see a bouquet that costs
less than 2 Euros, please be suspicious..."
link: www.dok-leipzig.de
FOR DOCUMENTARY AND ANIMATED FILM
26 October to 1 November 2009
The Jury for the Healthy Workplaces Film Award awards for the best documentary film
about the subject of work the Healthy Workplaces Film Award along with € 8 000
granted by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU OSHA) to the film
A Blooming Business by Ton van Zantvoort (The Netherlands)
EU OSHA is the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, who grants the award.
Safety and health at work were much less visibile in the other films we had to see.
Nearly always, we saw work in radical situations, or as pure survival.
"we find the documentary A BLOOMING BUSINESS worthy of the EU OSHA AWARD.
We follow Jane and the women from flower farms in Kenya, who work with no social rights, using very danger
chemicals, without any protection on their day-to-day life, raising flowers to be imported to The Netherlands.
The work in the flower farms not only affects the workers, but also has enormous effects on the entire
surroundings: hurting the fish and fishermen, and polluting the water of the lake.
Being a single mother, Jane – the protagonist – has no choice but to provide for her four young children, even in
the price of having sex with her supervisor. What on the surface seems to be a voyage in a pastoralist scenery,
evidently becomes a nightmare, and the viewer is gradually exposed to the misery of the workers, as well as to
the grave consequences of globalisation. Despite the fact that the film’s structure is simple, it has a very
shocking effect on the viewer. Passing by the flower market yesterday here in Leipzig, we couldn’t avoid
thinking about the origin of European flowers made in Kenya. And if you happen to see a bouquet that costs
less than 2 Euros, please be suspicious..."
link: www.dok-leipzig.de
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