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Black Purple is a documentary by the production company Illa Bufarda, directed by Sabela Iglesias and Adriana P. Villanueva, screened at the opening session of the Museo do Pobo Galego's International Ethnographic Film Festival (MICE).

Content
The documentary shows how the collection of ergot, a parasitic fungus of rye, revolutionized the economy of a small part of the peasant population in the 40s and 50s, as it was a product whose alkaloids were synthesized for medical use and highly valued in international trade. This fungus was used in traditional medicine and as a source of hallucinogenic drug LSD.

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