NICKY CHUE
Filmmaker & Creative
plant portals: breath
2020
Short Film
"plant portals: breath" is an experimental meditation on the unspoken history many queer and trans people of colour carry daily, connecting bumblebees, colonial trauma, alternate universes and the complicated concept of "rest" to ask: Can nature heal us?
Shot entirely on an iPhone, the film is intentional in imagining what is possible, and manifests a reality rooted in mindfulness.
Directed, shot and edited — Nicky Chue
Words and voiceover — Nicky Chue
Music ("by starlight.", "_lavender." and "harpss.") by guerX.
Written in and around Black & POC healing spaces
misery, Healing Justice London &
led by
Lateisha Davine Lovelace-Hanson
& The Community Witch
"The film is an experience where each time you click play you discover a new aspect to mull over and appreciate. The juxtaposition of phrases and images is expertly done. ... The mastery of their words is breathtaking."
- Asyia Iftikhar
