A chronicle of the miracles contained in everyday things and occurrences, this most ambitious work from award-winning filmmaker Peter Mettler elevates the diary into the realm of visionary cinema. His meditative approach and ever-searching gaze create a generous space to embrace the fragility and profound nature of relationships, where reflections on the human condition and our environment flow together in a stream of consciousness.
Alternately tragic and comic, philosophical and poetic, Mettler‘s ebullient diary, filmed over three years, combines personal conversations, family history, memoir, homage, and love, while its aesthetic is laced with psychedelic and experimental imagery and sounds that enhance its trance-like feel.
WHILE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS: A DIARY IN SEVEN PARTS is a work of maturity, rigour, and startling intimacy that interrogates our collective destiny with grace and wonder.
Feb 14 – Block 1:
Part 1 – HERE IN THIS WORLD (77 min)
Part 2&3 – MY GRANDMA WAS A TREE + TRUTH AND CONSEQUENCE (71 min)
Part 4 – FREDDY’S DIARY (48 min)
Feb 15 – Block 2:
Part 5 – OJO DE AGUA (77 min)
Part 6 – THE RIVER AFTER (86 min)
Part 7 – TINY SPECK (60 min)
While The Green Grass Grows: A Diary in Seven Parts was conceived as a single film, but has been split over two days due to its extensive runtime. Buying a Feb 14 Block 1 ticket will also get you admission to the Feb 15 Block 2 screening. Please keep your ticket to show at that screening.