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“No Two Plants”

"No two plants are exactly alike. They’re all different, and as a consequence, you have to know that difference. I don’t feel I really know the story if I don’t watch the plant all the way along. So I know every plant in the field. And I find it a great pleasure to know them." — BARBARA McCLINTOCK

Still image from "No Two Plants" film - closeup shot of purple rainbow corn being inspected by two white hands.

Directed by Penelope Lindsay and Nora Jane Long

To know every plant, even when time is of the essence. To produce careful work, even in the face of systemic, external, and internal pressures. To maintain joy, even when the future looks bleak.

To know and love corn. A journey across time, space, and along the history of the maize plant, No Two Plants explores resilience and different ways of knowing.

This film was made as part of the 2024 Symbiosis initiative presented at the Science New Wave Festival XVII and supported by the Simons Foundation.

Learn more about the project on Labocine.