When film technician Jock Brandis discovered cotton being grown in traditionally food-bearing fields in a village in southern Mali, he decided to take action. He began developing a peanut-husking machine that would enable villagers to grow and harvest peanuts in place of cotton.
PEANUTS follows Jock and his set of fiberglass molds back to Mali, where he works with local villagers to perfect and manufacture the hand-operated peanut husker - the Malian Peanut/Groundnut Sheller. As word spreads about the invention, there are plans for thousands of the machines to be manufactured and used not only in Mali, but across the globe. PEANUTS shows a living example of the difference that one person, with good will and determination, can make in the lives of countless others.
If you're interested in purchasing the program, please contact Bullfrog Films.
To learn more about the continuing success of the Peanut Sheller, visit the Full Belly Project.
Check out the Mali Folkecenter for Renewable Energy.
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