Was passiert mit unserer Nahrung, nachdem wir sie verdaut und ausgeschieden haben? Sind Fäkalien Abfall oder eine nützliche Ressource? Auf der Suche nach Antworten reist Rubén Abruña durch 16 Städte auf vier Kontinenten und muss feststellen: Die vermeintliche Lösung – weltweit angewandt – entpuppt sich als lebender Albtraum: Wir düngen mit den Überresten der Kläranlagen, die Schwermetalle und giftige Chemikalien enthalten. Dabei gibt es ganz andere Möglichkeiten: Von den Poop Pirates in Uganda bis hin zu dezentralen Kläranlagen in Hamburg lernt Rubén Abruña Wege kennen, um aus menschlichen Fäkalien Strom und Dünger zu machen. Liefern unsere Ausscheidungen am Ende sogar eine Möglichkeit, die Welt zu ernähren und die Klimakrise zu bremsen?
Valentin Thurn
Valentin Thurn is director and producer of documentaries for TV and cinema, based in Cologne, Germany. His documentary “Taste the Waste” won 20 international awards such as the German Environmental Media Award and the Eating City Special Award. His film “10 Billion – What’s on your plate?” won the German Nature Film Award and many others and was declared the most successful German cinema documentary in 2015. In the last 25 years Valentin Thurn realized more than 50 documentaries for ARD, ZDF and ARTE, among them “I Am Al Qaeda” that has been nominated for the German TV Award in 2006. In 2012 he was one of the founders of the International Federation of Environmental Journalists (IFEJ).
Rubén Abruña
Rubén Abruña
Two decades ago, I experienced a sanitation epiphany in my homeland Puerto Rico when I used a compost toilet. I was pleasantly surprised to find that there were no unpleasant odors after doing my business, no need to use drinking water, and my excrement was used to fertilize a vegetable garden.
Years later, I made a 52-minute film titled "La Casa Ausente / The Absent House” (2013) about the house that introduced me to the compost toilet. Despite its success, I continued to wonder why compost toilets are not widely used.
That led me in 2014 to embark on a research project that culminated in the film “Holy Shit: Can Poop Save The World?” released in 2023, and screening at the HRFF Berlin.
Gefolgt von Filmgespräch mit / Followed by film talk with Patricia Arquette, Alisa Keesey, Florian Augustin and Valentin Thurn.
Mit Liveaufführung von / With live performance by Iris Lamouyette.
Gefolgt von Filmgespräch mit / Followed by film talk with Rubén Abruña, Patricia Arquette, Alisa Keesey, Florian Augustin and Valentin Thurn.
Mit Liveaufführung von / With live performance by Iris Lamouyette.
Valentin Thurn
Valentin Thurn is director and producer of documentaries for TV and cinema, based in Cologne, Germany. His documentary “Taste the Waste” won 20 international awards such as the German Environmental Media Award and the Eating City Special Award. His film “10 Billion – What’s on your plate?” won the German Nature Film Award and many others and was declared the most successful German cinema documentary in 2015. In the last 25 years Valentin Thurn realized more than 50 documentaries for ARD, ZDF and ARTE, among them “I Am Al Qaeda” that has been nominated for the German TV Award in 2006. In 2012 he was one of the founders of the International Federation of Environmental Journalists (IFEJ).
Rubén Abruña
Rubén Abruña
Two decades ago, I experienced a sanitation epiphany in my homeland Puerto Rico when I used a compost toilet. I was pleasantly surprised to find that there were no unpleasant odors after doing my business, no need to use drinking water, and my excrement was used to fertilize a vegetable garden.
Years later, I made a 52-minute film titled "La Casa Ausente / The Absent House” (2013) about the house that introduced me to the compost toilet. Despite its success, I continued to wonder why compost toilets are not widely used.
That led me in 2014 to embark on a research project that culminated in the film “Holy Shit: Can Poop Save The World?” released in 2023, and screening at the HRFF Berlin.
