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2026 Subscribers: This is NOT included in your Subscription. If you'd like to purchase it, you will need to login to view your special 50% off SRP pricing. This special limited edition slipcover is limited to 500 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them. Several Futures is an independent film distributor with a focus on auteurist and anti-imperialist work. The label was founded in 2022 by filmmaker and programmer Graham L. Carter in the hopes of bringing films to North America that might otherwise not be released. “My loyalty is always with the oppressed.” - Heiny Srour. Accompanied by a small crew, Creton and Barré follow paleobotanist Mark Brown across seven locations in Normandy as he seeks out native plants from which an ancient garden could be created and explains, with the loving tenderness of a true expert, the etymology, beauty, and scientific properties of the region’s flora. directed by: Vincent Barré, Pierre Creton starring: Mark Brown 2024 / 104 min / 1.85:1 / French DTS-HD MA 5.1 Additional info: Region A Blu-ray Creton's latest short film Still Life Primavera (2025) - 24 minutes Two Short Films by Creton & Barré: L’arc d’Iris (Souvenir d’Un Jardin) (2006) - 30 minutes Petit traité de la marche en plaine (2014) - 26 minutes A new interview with Creton & Barré (2025) - 41 minutes New artwork by Tyler Rubenfeld Plus a booklet with a new essay by critic Leo Goldsmith English subtitles
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7 Walks with Mark Brown (2025)
104 min
Following the steps of an English botanist, in the landscapes of the Normandy coast, people and cameras look at flowers. This is an essay on attention and friendship, a cinematic herbarium.