This program will also play in-person at the Cinema Village - Purchase Ticket or Present SNW Pass.
What can plants tell us? They signal nutrient content of soil and water, they speak from scientific history in the rich tradition of botanical illustration, they may even be able, without a trace of an animal's nervous system, to sleep, even dream. In this program we'll see the fine structures of grasses applied directly to 16mm film, investigate the secret interiors of insect galls, seek the botanical truth of myth, and consider the challenges of representing the complicated organic forms of flowers. If we listen, we may even hear a monologue from a murderous tree.
Followed by a conversation with filmmakers Magdalena Bermudez, Ruth Lichtman, and Sharon Shattuck.
Parallel Botany (Magdalena Bermudez | United States | 2023 | 11 min)
Oxygen (Karel Doing | UK | 2023 | 6 min)
Algorithms of Beauty (Miléna Trivier | Belgium | 2022 | 21 min)
Decoding Ancestral Knowledge (Ruth Lichtman & Sharon Shattuck | United States | 2023 | 10 min)
Direction of the Road (Janelle VanderKelen | United States | 2023 | 8 min)
TRT: 56 min