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Original Film Title: Human-Cannabis III: Tracing Green
Director’s Name: Arthur Liou
Writer’s Name: Arthur Liou
Producer: Arthur Liou
Country of Origin: United States
Country of Filming: Thailand
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Runtime: 13 minutes 30 seconds
Film Description:
The experimental short film “Chasing Green” is the final chapter of the Human-Cannabis trilogy. Following the prehistoric and ancient settings of the first two installments, this piece adopts a surreal documentary approach to explore the many contemporary dimensions of cannabis. Filmed across India, Thailand, the Netherlands, and the U.S. state of Colorado, it presents the plant’s shifting identity within different cultural, economic, and scientific contexts.
The work blends real-world footage with AI-generated imagery to create imaginative interpretations. Through an observational shooting style grounded in reality and a nonlinear narrative that weaves between realism, metaphor, and abstraction, the film examines cannabis’s multifaceted roles, from ancient Indian religious rituals to modern medical applications in Thailand, as well as the global issues of misuse, while reflecting on the enduring mystery of this age-old plant.