THE WOMEN OF ZERI

by Walter Bencini

Official Selection at the Cinema Italiano in Hawaii Film Festival 2011, Al Jazeera Documentary Film Festival 2010, International Film and Food Festival in Brazil 2010, Ecologico Film Festival 2010 and Slow Food On Film 2009.

This film tells the story of the daily, steadfast commitment of a group of young women in the Lunigiana region of Italy who have taken up the work of their grandparents. They are raising an unusual breed of sheep, which until a few years ago was facing extinction. The community has managed to develop a small-scale economy, protecting biodiversity and the dignity of the rural world as well as safeguarding the heritage of artisanal skills and traditions, symbolizing a new way of farming.

Length: 52 minutes
Directed by Walter Bencini
Format: Betacam SP 4:3 Pal/Secam
Production: Insekt Film
Language: Italian/English
Year: 2009