A nine-year-old girl tells how her family and village in Madagascar came back from near starvation after scientists showed them how to protect their fishing grounds from overfishing and adopt sustainable practices. Vezo's director, Tod Lending, is an Oscar-nominated and national Emmy-winning producer, director and cinematographer. Vezo is a Sundance Institute short film challenge winner. Entries are...
Sundance film festival: how Madagascar's Vezo people fished their way out of a food crisis video
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