Colours as bright as nature
Documentary films on natural dyeing by Barbara Trottnow
Colourants from nature, obtained from roots, leaves, lice or snails, impress with their diversity and harmony. But this knowledge is in danger of being lost. In an open series, we present people and projects who are committed to preventing this from happening. They are searching for old recipes, trying them out and developing new processes. In this way, natural colours are gaining new attention around the world. Our films take us to Turkey, Germany, Mexico and France.
The project consists of four short films, which have also been combined into a feature-length cinema version. Here is a trailer as preview with selected impressions of the great colour rush:
The cinema version can be rented directly from us as DCP or BluRay. It has a running time of 104 minutes. Enquiries to: order@bt-medienproduktion.de
Detailed information and photos of the four individual films can be found by clicking on the covers below. The films can also be ordered on DVD there.
To watch the films online click here: Video on Demand (VoD) on Vimeo
Nature’s color pot – 24 min – Dyeing in the DOBAG project
Colour Rush – 26 min – New colours with Dieter Kaiser
Purple of the Mixtecs – 16 min – Dyeing with sea snails
Purpurissum – 34 min – The journey of Inge Boesken Kanold