Talking Leaves
July 7, 2022
1h 30m
Overview
Both a prescient and timely artistic documentary. Filmed solo, it spans multiple sites across the world to form a polyvocal, mythopoetic film about the censorship of books, destruction of libraries, assaults on knowledge and free press, and the loss of languages in embattled communities. Like leaves of an enduring tree, the voices of multiple people and their actions demonstrate the persistent value and power of books, archives, shadow and pirate libraries as vehicles of resistance.
Directed by
Where to watch
In United States
Not available to stream, rent, or buy in United States right now.
More like this
Naqoyqatsi
2002
Koyaanisqatsi
1983
Life in a Day
2011
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
2013
Fuck
2006
To Kill a Tiger
2023
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
2004
Casting By
2012
For Sama
2019
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th
2013
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
2025
The Director and the Jedi
2018
Love, Marilyn
2013
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
2000
I Am Heath Ledger
2017
Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me
2023
The Secret Life of Brian
2007
Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
2019
Powaqqatsi
1988
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
2017