Grass Roots

a film by Claude Braun, 20'There are men who think that the time has come for a passing crisis...

... While children of the earth meet, laugh and dance at the dawn of new hopes and values...

While walking right side up seems like a crazy and subversive stance and walking upside down a safe and honest attitude.

We do not present an excerpt here, but the whole film!

technical data:

duration	20 minutes
camera	Claude Braun
editing	Yves Sarda
music	Barbara Schmutz
with	Lucien Balland, potter
production	Starlight productions
support	Agence Culturelle et technique d'Alsace
collaboration	Atelier Meinau à Strasbourg

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