American Savannah


 Feature Documentary

Les Films de l’Isle © 2008

 

 Directors

Ian Lagarde

Jean-François Méan

 

Writers

Ian Lagarde

Jean-François Méan

 

 Director of Photography

Katerine Giguère

Carlos Ferrand

 

Participation

Serge Bouchard

 

Producer

Ian Boyd

 

Music

Robert M. Lepage

 

Festivals • Prizes

SPECIAL JURY MENTION,

Section Ecocaméra, RIDM 2008

SELECTION, Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois 2009

 

Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ioajH8iGLw



American Savanna is a reflective essay on the relationship between humans and nature that asks a very simple question: Why do we love our lawns so much? The answer is more complex than you might think. It involves anthropological, social, historical and even psychoanalytic components. It tells us something about our culture—and that of the curious plant we’ve been living with for hundreds of years. The lawn, that trim, domesticated, perfect stretch of green, is tied to our need to control nature and ’twas ever thus.