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The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing

2024·Documentary·17m
7.1
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.
Directed by Theo Panagopoulos

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Theo Panagopoulos
Theo Panagopoulos
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Jorik
Jorik
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goshort '26 #6

violence in beauty. a once colorful and foliated Palestine now lays in ruin. like flowers spreading seeds, waiting for the right moment to let them bloom, the British occupation of Palestine opened up the opportunity for genocide. the message cannot be clearer and more powerful.

all of this is implicit of course, and it's all very kino, but it still hits very hard (and it only hit me after the screening)
goshort '26 #6

violence in beauty. a once colorful and foliated Palestine now lays in ruin. like flowers spreading seeds, waiting for the right moment to let them bloom, the British occupation of Palestine opened up the opportunity for genocide. the message cannot be clearer and more powerful.

all of this is implicit of course, and it's all very kino, but it still hits very hard (and it only hit me after the screening)
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ariane
ariane
The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing
des colons et des fleurs en gros
la beauté des paysages palestiniens 🙏🏻
des colons et des fleurs en gros
la beauté des paysages palestiniens 🙏🏻
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