The Botanist
2016
Documentary
Overview
After the fall of the Soviet Union, Tajikistan, a former Soviet Socialist Republic, plunged into a devastating civil war. A famine struck the mountainous region of the Pamir where Raïmberdi, a passionate and ingenious botanist, built his own hydroelectric station to help his family survive through the crisis.
Cast
Raïmberdi Mamatumarov
Self
Directors
Maude Plante-Husaruk
Maxime Lacoste-Lebuis
