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The FIGRA (the International Topical Reporting and Social Issue Documentary Festival), which defends a quality of television by highlighting films that help us better understand the world in which we live, awarded two prizes to the documentary "Malaria Business" selected in the "international competition (+40mn)".
Last night, Sunday, March 25th, the jury of FIGRA, that took place from March 20th to 25th in Saint-Omer, decided to give to the film Malaria Business the Reporters Without Borders for the Human Rights in Tribute to Olivier Quemener prize and the public choice prize. France tv distribution is proud to include this documentary in its line-up and to go hand in hand with distributing it abroad.
THE REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS for the human rights in tribute to Olivier Quemener PRIZE
AND THE PUBLIC CHOICE PRIZE
Malaria Business
In telling the story of Artemisia and those who are fighting for the wider dissemination of this plant, Malaria Business puts those institutions who for the last 50 years have been trying to combat malaria up against the wall. In 2017 the disease continues to kill one child every 2 minutes, the parasite which causes it is becoming resistant to medicines, the mosquitoes get around mosquito nets and the vaccination promised for 2018 is falling short of expectations. In the meantime, researchers in Africa and elsewhere reveal that a simple infusion of Artemisia can prevent and treat malaria. This plant has been used for over 2000 years in China, and yet the WHO advises against its use and it is banned in France.
The poignant documentary that denounces the surprising Malaria treatment business has just been launched on the foreign sales market by France tv distribution. It is already generating a strong interest.
Length: 70' - Film-making: Bernard Crutzen - Production: Caméra One Télévision, Zistoires et la RTBF-unité documentaire, with France Télévisions participation -2017 - France Ô