Evento

Agave is Life (18th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival)

Opens with 2 Music Videos:
El marinero y la sirena
Whispers and Dreams

Hecho en Tejas FEATURE FILM

Agave is Life

David Brown, Meredith Dreiss
USA, Historical/Cultural Documentary, 2014
60 min, DVCPro HD, Color/Black & White
Spanish, English with English subtitles

AGAVE IS LIFE is the story of mankind's alliance with the agave plant, from which tequila is derived. Told through the lens of archaeological and historical investigations, and narrated by Edward James Olmos, the film explores ten thousand years of the human-agave relationship. Once a critical resource for hunter-gatherers, agave was a source of food, drink, textiles, fuel, and medicines. We learn that this unique desert plant, once embedded in cultural identity, mythology, art, and rituals, faces an uncertain future. Today, ancient folkways, from fiber craftsmanship to traditional pulque and mescal productions, are rapidly disappearing. While entrepreneurs and scientists work to turn the tide, a loss of diversity of both cultivated and wild species may be the ultimate arbitrator.

Texas Premiere

www.archeoproductions.com/agave-film.html