The Botanist
Directed byMaude Plante-Husaruk
Maxime Lacoste-Lebuis
Produced byMaude Plante-Husaruk
Maxime Lacoste-Lebuis
CinematographyMaude Plante-Husaruk
Edited byMaude Plante-Husaruk
Music byMaxime Lacoste-Lebuis
Production
company
Les Films du 3 mars
Release date
  • June 25, 2016 (2016-06-25) (AFI Docs)
Running time
20 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageRussian

The Botanist is a 2016 Canadian documentary short film, directed by Maude Plante-Husaruk and Maxime Lacoste-Lebuis.[1] The film is a portrait of Raïmberdi, a Tajik botanist who built his own private hydroelectric power station to serve his family and community during the famine that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union.[2]

The film premiered in June 2016 at AFI Docs.[3] It was later screened at the 2016 Montreal International Documentary Festival, where it won the award for Best Canadian Short or Medium-Length Film.[4]

The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2017.[5]

References

  1. Frédéric Bouchard, "Maude Plante-Husaruk et Maxime Lacoste-Lebuis communiquent une expérience humaine avec « The Botanist »". Lien Multimédia, December 8, 2016.
  2. "An Ingenious Autodidact in the Mountains of Tajikistan". The Atlantic, November 29, 2018.
  3. Matt Cohen, "AFI DOCS Announces 2016 Lineup, Will Honor Werner Herzog". Washington City Paper, May 9, 2016.
  4. Regan Reid (November 21, 2016). "Resurrecting Hassan wins at RIDM". Playback.
  5. Norman Wilner, "Canada’s Top Ten has some glaring omissions". Now, December 6, 2017.


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