Tree Hugger
Directed by Ella Fields · Starring Kimya Dawson, Madeleine Favreau, Frankie Riley, Kane Suh · 2020
A tree has every scientific trait of a living thing, yet still doesn't feel alive, until it discovers what a pair of arms and a warm embrace can do.
A tiny, tender fable about how being loved teaches us to love ourselves.
Despite the 7 scientific traits that define a living thing, a tree yearns for something to make it truly feel alive. The answer is much more than photosynthesis, and it includes a pair of arms and the warmest feeling ima
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