Solange Fernex died in september 2006. She was one of the very first activists at the beginning of the ecological fight. This film is a portrait of the woman who first defended the architectural heritage of her country and also nature and animal life.
Then, during the 70s, she fought with success against the pollution of industry and especially against nuclear power station. She became Member of the European Parliament during the 90s and continued her fight against weapons, nuclear or not. In this film, shot in her countryside, a few months before her death, she tells us her choices, her enthusiasm for ecology, and we discover her own archive film material shot with a super 8 camera during these successful fights of the 70s.
This film will be soon available in a long version for DVD.
technical data :
duration
27 minutes
camera
Daniel Coche
sound
Richard Harmelle
editing
Ben Gehant
music
Jean-Sébastien Bach
sound mixer
Marc Rodicq
coproduction
dora films France / 3 Alsace
grants
Centre national de la Cinématographie
Communauté urbaine de Strasbourg, Région Alsace
festivals
Envirofilm Banska BystricaSlovakia 2007, EKOTOP Bratislava Slovakia 2007, Matsalu International Nature Film Festival Estonia 2007
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