A Person of the Forest
In this ghostly tale, Pennell turns her forensic eye to the history of the Dutch “cultivation system” in Indonesia. “I am a ghost returned to tell the tale from the place where the end began”, says the narrator, a stand-in for the many primates violently extracted from their jungle habitats to be exhibited in museums and fairs in Europe.
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| Year | 2026 |
| Director | Miranda Pennell |
| Runtime | 33 min. |
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Pennell crafts a hypnotic ghost poem, weaving historical forensic inquiry with a profound sense of existential haunting. The film operates on a sensory level, transforming archival violence into a deeply unsettling meditation on displacement.
What lingers after viewing is the chilling metaphor of extraction—of bodies, resources, and souls—and its enduring trauma. A necessary, spectral reckoning with the colonial gaze that turns life into specimen. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Miranda Pennell
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