Slow Food Revolution

Slow-motion CU of woman eating biscotti. MS fast motion CBD lunchtime crowds and man eating bread roll walking. High shot over busy lanes of traffic. WS Southbank with fast motion people crossing "McDonalds sign" bridge and various fast motion shots of people eating on the run as they cross streets and walk in city crowds. MS "Subway", "Burger King", "Starbucks Coffee" signs. VS statue and moon.

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GS looking down narrow cobbled street in Bra, northern Italy. CU sign for Oseria Boccondivino restaurant. GS empty room inside restaurant with tables set-up. Slow-motion GS of young woman in restaurant kitchen folding fresh sheets of pasta. MS sign for Piazza di Spagna (Spanish Steps) with MacDonald's fast food restaurant sign revealed below. WS Spanish Steps with people sitting and walking around them and CU of fountain.

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MS interview with Carlo Petrini, President Slow Food, talking about the locals' reaction to learning of the opening of a McDonald's fast food restaurant leading to the dubbing of "slow food" (English subtitles). GS on set table in the Boccondivino restaurant and CUs of fresh pasta sheets being folded in slow motion. CU Petrini speaking of the principles in the Slow Food movement. CU of Slow Food snail logo.

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High angle shot over crowds milling around stalls in the bi-annual international Hall of Taste event in Turin, Italy. WS of Japanese and Turkish stalls. VS people partaking in tastings at stalls and MS of woman rolling pasta dough. VS of food at Mexican stall, people talking and stall holders speaking to visitors.

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MS interview with Slow Food President Carlo Petrini giving his thanks to the humble farmer worldwide and his voice-over (with translations) on footage of man walking through row of plants, VS vanilla bean staking and GS man talking to school children in water museum. MS man picking flowers from large plants in Botanical Ark and aerial shot over regular green lines of plantation.

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Good WS of hillside village with rolling green hills and fields. ECU of risotto being stirred in pot, MS of flames from fire in fireplace and ECUs of pizza, glass of red wine, eating and drinking. WS view of Mount Etna, Sicily. VS men harvesting the Bronte pistachio with tractors and by hand. GS thousands of pistachios being spread by broom and ECUs of nuts drying. Quicktime clip available.

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WS of cafe exterior and CU to sign "Caffe Sicilia". MS tilt down refrigerator cake cabinet in Noto with CU to Sicilian cassata. Interview with master confectioner Corrado Assenza speaking of the uniqueness of this dessert to the area (English subtitles). VS of pistachio marzipan being rolled out and CUs of small cakes being made with the marzipan, ricotta and sponge then decorated. ECU pistachio nuts on conveyor. Quicktime clip available.

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High angle shot over town of Sorrento and the Gulf of Naples. Slow pan across historic orchard growing oranges and lemons in the volcanic soil of Mount Vesuvious. Tilt down trees to MS of long lemons hanging from thin branches and voice-over with subtitles of Mariano Vinaccia, President of the Solagri Co-operative talking about the special qualities of the Sorrento lemon. Good CUs of single elongated variety of lemon. Quicktime clip available.

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Very good WS of Mount Vesuvius shrouded in pale yellow/green light with sea in foreground. CUs to organic green capsicums and eggplant hanging from plants and GS giant lemon tree standing near and ancient olive tree. MS Mariano Vinaccia, President of the Solagri Co-operative talking to camera about biodiversity. CU sorrento lemon and MS of lemons arranged next to bottle of famous Limoncello liqueur. CUs logo and certification from EEU. Quicktime clip available.

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View through arched lemon grove and zoom to balcony. VS around streets of Sorrento and MS women walking past glove shop with displays in window. Slow-motion CU of pan passing over gas flame of stove top with stilted slow-motions shots of cooking and kitchen activity at Il Buco restaurant. ECUs of food simmering in pots and lemon risotto being plated. VS of regional foods being cooked and plated with voice-over and interview with Il Buco Restauranteur Giuseppe Aversa. Quicktime clip available.

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Stilted slow-motion ECU of a bright red tomato sauce simmering and being stirred and various CUs of dishes being plated up with voice-over and interview with Il Buco Restauranteur Giuseppe Aversa giving his philosophy on the slow food dining experience. CU to dessert on plate. Quicktime clip available.

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WS of headlands along coast of Liguria, Italy in golden sunset light. WS and high angle shots of township of Liguria. VS of orange netting under olive trees and CUs of olives fallen on netting and being collected by hand. VS around the Cinque Terre region and village of Corniglia. GS man walking towards camera carrying olives in netting on his back and WS cars traversing down hillside road of hairbend bends. High angle shot over castle ruins. WS church in Positano. Quicktime clip available.

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Interview with Ermete Realacci from the League for the Environment (English subtitles) talking about the difference between Italian landscape and the rest of the world. Good WS of the Etruscan city of Orvieto and high angle WS of ancient town buildings. GS of people walking Orvieto's narrow streets and children playing soccer on the street. WS couple sitting on bench outside Hotel, elderly locals on bench and general street life. Quicktime clip available.

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Interview with restauranteur Giuseppe Aversa in Il Buco restaurant talking about how the slow food dining experience should be. CUs of various restaurant dishes. CU to clock on clocktower of Town Hall and interview with Slow Food President Carlo Petrini. WS children running down narrow walled ally. VS test tubes and divided screen with laboratory footage suggesting process of genetically modified food production.

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MS hanging meat in line and MS cheese hanging in mesh bags from ceiling. GS Agerola cheese making demonstrating the cheesemaker's traditional practices which will be under threat under new food hygiene regulations. CU pan across wheels of cheeses in supermarket and interview with Orvieto food proprietor Emilio Batalocco (with English subtitles) talking about the loss of such cheeses and the ensuing cultural damage.

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Fast motion scenes in supermarket with shoppers in aisles and CU foods on checkout register. GS laboratory technicians walking along corridor of "GMO Lab" and CUs of plant seedlings growing through mesh. CUs of seedling being plucked and placed in petri dish with tweezers. Interview with Ermete Realacci (with English subtitles) from the league for the Environment discussing fighting GMOs and the implications for biodiversity. CUs of wheat grains on machine in lab.

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MS interview with Slow Food President Carlo Petrini (with English subtitles) where he likens GMO to the destruction of Italy's historic culture being destroyed to make way for 21st century architecture. WS tilt up brick and stone building exterior with several timber shutters then tilt down to fruit stall on street below. VS street fruit stall and shoppers. CU wheat being poured onto glass in laboratory.

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WS Sydney skyline at sunset with time-lapse traffic from Harbour Bridge in foreground. High angle shot over traffic on freeway north of Bridge and WS of the Harbour Bridge's arch emerging from behind modern Milson's Point buildings. High shot time-lapse traffic with blurred effect from headlights at dusk.

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High angle WS looking towards the Daintree River opening out to sea. WS Scenic WS of mountain landscape with low clouds and WS mist over green mountain top. MS Mossman River gushing over rocks and WS of river. Very good CU of Boyd's Rainforest Dragon (Hypsilurus boydii) and MS tilt to large green fan palms in rainforest. Quicktime clip available.

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WS house "Botanic Ark" set in rainforest and GS interior with hostess Sue Carle toasting with visitors around table. CU of bananas being grilled on barbeque and VS of guests helping themselves to platters of food at buffet and CUs of people eating. GS interview with Alan Carle from the Botanic Ark discussing his aim to educate visitors through offering them the unique experience of tasting food only available from a rainforest. CU interview with Susan Carle. Quicktime clip available.

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CUs Alan Carle from the Botanic Ark cutting up bamboo and VS around the property which the Carles have transformed from a cattle property to a lush rainforest. CUs orange Mamuysapote fruits, large bright orange flower and pink tube-like flowers. MS interview Carle talking about his growing awareness of the fragility and destruction of rainforests worldwide through travel. Quicktime clip available.

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Sequence of colour stills of Alan Carle from the Botanic Ark travelling in canoe down South American rainforest river. Logging truck on road, Alan and Susan Carle in Equador and hiking through rainforest and WS of decimated rainforest completely razed.

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WS and slow zoom into rainforest. MS interview with Alan Carle from the Botanic Ark speaking about his mission to save rainforest plants from extinction with VS of him showing and talking about the origins and status of various plants. GS of fruit tree Randea Lousiana from Colombo. WS pond and CUs of various rare fruits, seeds and plants from around the world collected by the Carles which they make available to botanic gardens around the world. Includes CU of quandong on branch. Quicktime clip available.

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CU of spiky pink Costus plant and VS of Alan Carle of Botanical Ark harvesting it's edible yellow flowers and speaking of the extraordinary taste and health quality of the flowers. VS Susan Carle using the Costus flowers in a salad. VS of Carle taking guests on an educational tour of the property with guests examining, smelling and tasting the exotic plants. CU display of fruits. Quicktime clip available.

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CU of Susan Carle of Botanical Ark cutting up Black sapote fruit (chocolate pudding fruit) and arranging cubes of the fruit as hors d'oerves. WS Alan Carle talking to guests during a tour of the garden about a Nigerian plant called Miracle Fruit. CU of the berry-like fruit and VS of guests listening and taking photographs. High angle CU over bowl of Miracle Fruit surrounded by lemon wedges and GS of guests dining around long table in Botanic Ark dining room. Quicktime clip available.

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VS of guests of Botanical Ark dining around long table in Botanic Ark dining room sampling Miracle Fruit and lemon slices. CUs rainforest fruits being prepared for guests and CUs rainforest fruit display. Circling tilt up to fronds of fan palms and rainforest canopy. Quicktime clip available.

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High angle WS over Rome. Montage of fast motion shots of people eating around the Spanish Steps. Tilt up to winged angel statue and fade to WS of Mount Vesuvius then to WS of Vesuvius seen across sea. CU to long red San Marzano tomatoes in wooden barrels and fade to CU woman labelling can of tomatoes named "The Miracle of San Gennaro". Quicktime clip available.

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Archival footage of the celebrations for the San Gennaro miracle during the San Gennaro festival with bishop giving religious ceremony in front of large crowd with what is believed to be a bottle containing the blood of Saint Gennaro, the patron Saint of Naples.

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MS statue of Saint Gennaro and fade to pan across vines of tomato crops with CU to bright red tomatoes on vine. WS of Sabato Abagnale walking from glasshouse through crops towards camera with Mount Vesuvius looming large in background. Voice over of Abagnale speaking of his attachment to Vesuvius and the area (subtitled in English). Food Producers Angelo and Sabato Abagnale sitting chatting by water mill then talking to camera about their involvement in the slow food movement.

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Track through San Marzano tomato crop with voice-over (with English subtitles) of Sabato Abagnale talking about how they came to be growing them. CUs of green and red tomatoes. Voice-over of Angelo Abagnale as he drives a three wheeled vehicle towards camera. CUs of rotten tomatoes lying on ground as the Abagnales explain the initial difficulties in coping with diseases in their crops.

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WS Sabato and Angelo walking through crops and GS of silverbeet and VS of Angelo picking eggplants. CUs of green and red tomatoes and CU of Angelo Abagnale picking ripe tomato with his voice-over talking about the particular taste and qualities of the San Marzano tomato (English translations). MS Sabato and Angelo both addressing camera. ECU of tomatoes in bucket. CUs of Sabato juicing tomatoes with fairly basic equipment with enormous weighing scales in background. Fade to good ECU of egg shaped tomatoes cut in half. Quicktime clip available.

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Pull focus to ECU of flames in pizza oven and stilted slow-motion CUs of dough being handled. VS of Sabato Abagnale making pizzas with Sabato's voice-over talking about the many uses of the San Marzano tomato (English translation) and VS of kitchen activity centred around wood-fired oven. VS of Sabato and his family dining on pizza at outdoor table of restaurant. ECU of cooked pizza.

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Aerial pan over crowded, dully coloured Mexico city over high-rise buildings and freeways. High angle fast motion pan of busy traffic on freeway, then fast motion montage of markets, tortillas being cooked and market life. MS El Tajin statue silhouetted against blue sky backlit by sun. Pan down to slow-motion Los Voladores performers spinning upside-down suspended by their ankles in a ceremonial tradition. Quicktime clip available.

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WS mountain view in the Chinantla region and pan over traditional hillside village of the Rancho Grande community. VS of coffee bean machine and man operating machine. CUs coffee beans and interview with Food Producer Raul Manuel Antonio standing in vanilla bean plantation talking about the implications of the coffee bean crisis, resultant loss of labour and growth of the vanilla bean trade (English sub-titles). Quicktime clip available.

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CU to vanilla beans growing from stem. VS Raul Manuel Antonio tying vanilla plant cuttings to stakes as part of an agricultural movement aided by the National Indigenous Institute's Usia Project to help Chinantla famers cultivate wild vanilla in their forests. VS picking pods and VS of workers packing vanilla pod harvest in sacks. Zoom out from children helping to harvest vanilla pods. Quicktime clip available.

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Interview with Chinantla Community Leader Elias Garcia Martinez on the cultural as well as financial importance of vanilla bean cultivation (English subtitles). VS around Rancho Grande with MS woman sitting in cane chair sewing and VS inside farmer Raul Manuel Antonio's home. MS interview with Martinez talking about the culture of food to Mexicans with VS of Antonio with his family and VS of woman making tortillas and CU of stack of tortillas.

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WS mountainous landscape of Valley of Joche. Fade to tilt up pole to slow-motion performers' figures spinning upside-down suspended by their ankles in a ceremonial tradition and MS of costumed musician playing traditional instrument. CU on cracked rockface. Quicktime clip available.

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WS views of central Australian rocks and VS rock art on walls depicting sailing ship. Tilt to eagle on rock and WS of Central Australia with LS to rock monolith. WS of outback shrubs and WS of road train travelling across screen. MS rear view of Bronwyn of Yamatji Country, Cue, Western Australia walking through red outback soil and plants looking for bush food.

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MS interview with Jeff Barnard, Cultural Officer, Cue talking about the need to record or pass on the knowledge of finding and using bush food.

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GS Aboriginal woman Bronwyn sitting on outback ground eating snottygobbles and CU pale green pea-like segments from native pod in hand to camera. MS of Jeff Barnard, Cultural Officer, Cue picking pea-like fruit of native bush.

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MS of Jeff Barnard, Cultural Officer, Cue pealing pea-like fruit of native bush while explaining their use in being ground up and used as a bread like food. Fade to MS pan across bottled native foods lined up on shop shelves. CU hand logo on Outback Spirit label and High angle CU over plate of fresh native foods and CU on pile of Desert limes. ECU of Davidson plums then GS of Ian Robins of Robins Food standing behind plates describing native fruits to camera.

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CU over native Lemon aspens then CU interview with Juleigh Robins of Robins Food describing the intense flavour of the fruit. CU intensely coloured pink Riberries (fruit of the Lillypilly) and CUs of whole bush tomato, pepper berries and rosellas. MS Ian Robins describing the rosella fruit (the flower bud of the native hibiscus). ECU of the rosella in Robins' fingers as he demonstrates the parts which are used in making jams and chutneys. Quicktime clip available.

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VS Aboriginal councillor Des Jones and his friend Foxy picking quandongs from tree next to river and interview with Jones talking about the wild food types in the Barkinja Country region. CU to quandongs in Jones' hands. WS yellow and orange Cue landscape with rocks and scattered low bushes. Quicktime clip available.

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CU Aboriginal woman Bronwyn holding small white bush food resembling puffed grain known as Snottygobble in her hand with VS of Bronwyn and Cultural Officer Jeff Barnard picking the snottygobbles off a low shrub. Bronwyn describes them as tasting slimy like oysters and ECU of eating them. WS of outback landscape of dense low shrub with line of dust middle distance from car travelling along dirt road.

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MS interview with Cultural Officer Jeff Barnard talking about bush tucker. WS of outback with monolithic rock in distance and GS group walking over rocks. WS looking down from rock over ochre outback landscape.

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CU interview with Juleigh Robins of Robins Food talking about the cultural significance of food and her coining of the term "edible reconciliation". Various CUs of people tasting food in hall during food expo. CU on someone's fingers picking up dried herbs of flakes of dried food. WS people walking across rock in outback landscape.

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High angle WS of city square in front of grand buildings with time-lapse people walking around square. VS around the city of Tehuacan, building details and flag with eagle emblem blowing in breeze. WS tilt up stand of cacti and WS cactus forest. WS of mountain landscape in the Mixteca region. VS man harvesting the Amaranth plant and fade to CU of the ancient amaranth grain in man's palms.

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Fade in to fresco on Mixtecan church and CU to angel detail with faint image of amaranth grains superimposed over footage. WS irrigation system with LS the man walking with donkey and GS reservoir. WS goat herd being led past camera in open countryside and CU to stream over rocks. High angle pan over degraded countryside with voice-over, English subtitles and interview with Raul Hernandez Garciadeigo, Director of the group Alternativas aimed at attacking the blight of poverty suffered by many Mexicans.

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Slow zoom into Raul Hernandez Garciadeigo, Director of the group Alternativas talking to a group of Mexican schoolchildren in a greenhouse. WS village of Tehuacan with mountains in background and CU interview with Garciadiego talking about the villager's desperate need for water and the resulting revival of their own traditions of agricultural management and hydro/agro-ecological management. Pan across stones to small waterway.

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Zoom out from couple harvesting amaranth crop by hand. CUs of the colourful amaranth plants with voice-over of Raul Hernandez Garciadeigo talking about the many good properties of growing the plants in the region. ECU of amaranth grains and VS of woman cooking with it with Garciadeigo at her side. MS pan across bags of quali amaranth. CUs of dishes cooked with amaranth.

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GS Raul Hernandez Garciadeigo, Director of the group Alternativas with a group of schoolchildren working water pump at water museum. CU bowl of food and CUs of the children trying food from bowl with Gardiadeigo's voice-over speaking of the importance of children getting a sense of their tradition. VS woman ladling out meatballs and various people eating them.

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CUs of amaranth plants and montage of plants and farmer harvesting. Tilt up cacti silhouetted against blue sky.

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WS of Melbourne skyline and various fast-motion shots around the city streets and people. GS scarecrow in garden. WS school in suburban Collingwood and high angle shot to the school's vegetable garden. GS teacher Liz Moore outside talking to her class about the vegetable garden. MS interview with Principal Frances Laurino talking about the children's previous lack of food knowledge. GS two boys pointing out and naming plants in the garden.

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GS children from Collingwood school digging mulch and VS of children's faces. MS interview with garden support workers Liz Moore and Peta Christensen talking about the children's involvement in the school's vegetable garden and the positive results they've witnessed in the children. Pan of the surrounding environment as the women talk.

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MS interview with Collingwood school Principal Frances Laurino talking about educating the children in food knowledge. MS interviews with young students naming their favourite vegetables. CU student chopping onions in cooking class and VS of children chopping herbs, greasing muffin tins, peeling fruit and MS chef and food writer Stephanie Alexander showing young boy how to hold his fingers whilst chopping with large knife.

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MS interview with Chef and food writer Stephanie Alexander at Collingwood school talking about the alarming statistics around fast food advertising and the messages children take from these. VS of schoolchildren in cooking classes glazing pastries, chopping onions and other tasks. VS of Alexander sitting with children around a table sharing a meal and CU interview with Alexander about the difficulties she's observed with the children's eating habits. VS children eating.

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MS interview with young school girl Caitlin from Collingwood school talking about her newly developed love for mushrooms. MS interview with Chef and food writer Stephanie Alexander about the need for children to learn about food through positive experiences and examples. VS of children laughing and enjoying their meals. CU zoom out from lettuces growing in garden.

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Dissolve in to CU of multi coloured peppers in Hall of Taste, ECU berry dessert, CU man in profile sampling food, VS people sampling food from stalls and MS chef stirring pot on stove. ECU ice cream, display of desserts resembling poached eggs in chocolate nests, slab of nut cake and VS people. GS Sabato tomato stall, MS woman eating ice cream from cup and high shot over crowds milling between Hall of Taste stalls.

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Dissolve to WS then MS of speech on defending agriculture by Slow Food President Carlo Petrini (with English subtitles) standing at podium at Hall of Taste event with cutaways to Alan Carle of Botanical Ark picking flowers and press photographers.

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MS Alan and Sue Carle of Botanical Ark collecting an award and MS Sabato and Angelo Abagnale discussing their tomatoes. Dissolve to vanilla crop planting in South America and vanilla farmer Raul Manuel Antonio collecting award. GS press photographers. MS speech at by Antonio amidst his crops about his slow awareness of the importance of his work. GS of Antonio being embraced and congratulated at awards ceremony.

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Interview with Raul Hernandez Garciadeigo, Director of the group Alternativas talking about the slow food movement and VS of him receiving an award at slow food ceremony with various others on stage.

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MS of Raul Hernandez Garciadeigo, Director of the group Alternativas in water museum with Mexican children and CUs of children's faces with his voice-over talking about the importance of slow food principles to communities. Slow-motion CUs of pizza making, CU small girl's face, CU girl eating and MS boy picking vanilla pods. Dissolve to MS of young Mexican girl reciting poem with passion (English subtitles). MS statues silhouetted against blue sky. End Titles. ECU snail moving across screen.

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