Vereda Tropical / Fainting Spells / Usuzumi no sakura
Sun 09.06.
20:00
Cinema
Arsenal 1
The relationship between humans and plants can take as many different forms as flora itself, as this program illustrates.
Director
Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
Brazil / 1977
18 min.
/ Digital file
/ Original version with English subtitles
Original language
Portuguese
Banned on its release by the military regime due to its liberatory potential, VEREDA TROPICAL turns fresh fruit and vegetables into objects of desire, telling the hilariously transgressive story of an intelligent, articulate man who just so happens to be in love with a watermelon.
Director
Sky Hopinka
USA / 2018
11 min.
/ Digital file
/ Original version
Original language
English
In FAINTING SPELLS, Sky Hopinka weaves a set of stories around the Xąwįska or Indian Pipe Plant, which is traditionally used by the Ho-Chunk Nation to revive those who have fainted: conversations with a plant as a guide, protector and friend that also exemplify a specific indigenous perspective on nature.
Director
Haneda Sumiko
Japan / 1977
42 min.
/ 16 mm
/ Original version with English subtitles
Original language
Japanese
When making USUZUMI NO SAKURA, director Haneda Sumiko talked of conversing with the ancient cherry tree which forms the film’s living, conscious center. The vast, still growing entity has watched over and given solace to the local community in the Gifu prefecture for more than a thousand years.
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