The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing

Name: The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2024-08-18

2024·17m·★ 7.2

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When a Palestinian filmmaker based in Scotland unearths a rarely-seen Scottish film archive of Palestinian wild flowers, he decides to reclaim the footage. This tender film essay questions the role of image-making as a tool of both testimony and violence when connected to entanglements between people and the land.

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