Digitalis, 2024

Digitalis is a short film made in collaboration with Usha Mahenthiralingam and Freddy Griffiths. The film explores the Island site in Nottingham – that once housed the Boots pharmaceutical factories and is currently under redevelopment – and connects with histories of plant medicine, land, bioprospecting, pharmaceutical production, and thinking with plants.

Credits:
A film by Rebecca Beinart, 2024
Filming and editing - Freddy Griffiths
Performance - Usha Mahenthiralingam
Costume - Rebecca Beinart and Jonathan Grant

The research and development of the costume and film were supported through a DYCP grant from Arts Council England.