Heliotrope
Janie Geiser (eight films)
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7m 6s
Directed by Janie Geiser • Documentary • 2023 • 7 minutes
A subterranean unraveling, seeds fall to the ground with nowhere to land. The only witness is blindfolded, and she, too, falls at some point. The underground factory operates day and night, the burrowing continues, in a long slow attempt to fabricate what could actually make itself.
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Flowers of the Sky
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