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Taming the Garden

Directed by: Salomé Jashi
Runtime: 1hr 32min Year: 2021
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Directed by: Salomé Jashi
Runtime: 1hr 32min Year: 2021
Country: Switzerland, Germany, Georgia
Topics: Personal Stories
Last Screened: Fri 20th Jan 2023

Salomé Jashi captures the project of an anonymous and powerful man to transport ancient trees across Georgia to his own private garden.

With each removal, tensions flare between workers and villagers, as Jashi questions the power of wealth and human dominion over nature.