The Event Film
A cinematic immersion capturing the key moments of the Rum Ecosystem territories.
The Otahiti Cane of French Polynesia
The 52-minute documentary on the Otahiti cane begins with a historical section where the audience learns that sugarcane, one of the most widely planted crops in the world along with wheat, corn, and rice, has been known since prehistoric times and is thought to originate from New Guinea or Southeast Asia.
Ten years ago, Marotea Vitrac took on the challenge of producing quality agricultural rum in Tahiti, French Polynesia. He started with one hectare of plantation and realized the diversity of sugarcane that grows there.
In 2017, he began a thesis with UPF and CIRAD on the Otahiti cane to learn more about this plant that Polynesian ancestors brought with them during their extraordinary journeys across the Pacific.
The setting of this adventure is more than just a backdrop: Polynesia with its enchanting beauty, in all its splendor, as four archipelagos of French Polynesia will be on screen, and even more with Hawai'i...
But above all, Polynesian men and women with their strong character, people who work with the land, with science to develop a country from their roots.
Screening at Palais Brongniart on Friday 14th at 4:20 PM
More info to come
