To Pick a Flower
Released 5 years ago in 2021. To Pick a Flower is a feature film. directed by Shireen Seno. At just 17 minutes, it's a tight, focused story.
Synopsis
Shireen Seno’s video essay explores the transformation and commodification of nature through archival photographs from the American colonial occupation of the Philippines in the first half of the 20th century. These images testify to what the voiceover calls “the sticky relationship between humans and nature and their entanglements with empire”—an ambivalent dependence on natural resources that drives the colonial project and implicates photography, with its concurrent processes of preservation, transmutation, and destruction.
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- Released
- Original Language
- EN
Frequently Asked Questions
What is To Pick a Flower about?
Shireen Seno’s video essay explores the transformation and commodification of nature through archival photographs from the American colonial occupation of the Philippines in the first half of the...
Who directed To Pick a Flower?
To Pick a Flower was directed by Shireen Seno.
How long is To Pick a Flower?
To Pick a Flower has a runtime of 0 hours and 17 minutes (17 minutes total).
When was To Pick a Flower released?
To Pick a Flower was released on September 7, 2021 in theaters.