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 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 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

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  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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