7 Walks with Mark Brown

Mark Brown is a paleobotanist with a singular passion: recreating a primary forest before its rare plants disappear entirely. Over seven hikes, from Azier to Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Mer, he carefully documents flora, sketching, observing, and naming species in hushed reverence. The film lingers on his process, his patience, and his deep connection to nature. Only once does he hint at a past love—his voice momentarily unsteady before returning to the plants that define his life. In its final chapter, Herbarium, the film transforms into pure visual poetry: 16mm close-ups of flowers, accompanied by Brown’s hypnotic Latin incantations. A meditative, gorgeously unhurried reflection on nature.