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Trees and Other Entanglements

Oh, I couldn't havebecome a successful tree-planter if I wasn't an optimist

(singing stops) Dirk Brinkman: Oh, I couldn't have
become a successful tree-planter if I wasn't an optimist

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Dirk Brinkman: Oh, I couldn't have become a successful tree-planter
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if I wasn't an optimist.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
01:00:45
Uploaded
Apr 15, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
HBO Documentary Films,Vermilion Films

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Movie Summary

Irene Taylor crafts a poetic meditation on nature, mortality, and the passage of time in her exploration of our symbiotic nexus with trees.
- (insects chirping) - And so, I'm an optimist. - Trees and Other Entanglements 00:06
- (insects chirping) - And so, I'm an optimist.
This wood is some of the best wood in the world. - Trees and Other Entanglements 00:05
This wood is some of the best wood in the world.
These trees are-are beautiful timber - Trees and Other Entanglements 00:07
These trees are-are beautiful timber
(pensive music playing) - Trees and Other Entanglements 00:13
(pensive music playing)
I realized quite deeply, - Trees and Other Entanglements 00:11
I realized quite deeply,
Tree planting is a positive-feeling act. - Trees and Other Entanglements 00:05
Tree planting is a positive-feeling act.
(whooping) - Trees and Other Entanglements 00:09
(whooping)
(folk instrument twangs) - Trees and Other Entanglements 00:13
(folk instrument twangs)
Dirk Brinkman, the contractor on this crew, - Trees and Other Entanglements 00:10
Dirk Brinkman, the contractor on this crew,
He tears about town, - Trees and Other Entanglements 00:11
He tears about town,
(music ends) - Trees and Other Entanglements 00:15
(music ends)
(insects chirping) - Trees and Other Entanglements 00:09
(insects chirping)
And now, it's mature forests on both sides of the road, - Trees and Other Entanglements 00:07
And now, it's mature forests on both sides of the road,
I've walked into stands we planted 43 years ago, - Trees and Other Entanglements 00:08
I've walked into stands we planted 43 years ago,
Wrapping my arms around the tree, - Trees and Other Entanglements 00:06
Wrapping my arms around the tree,
You've been the president of this company since 1966 I think. - Trees and Other Entanglements 00:05
You've been the president of this company since 1966 I ...
And yet, you don't get delivered to the office door - Trees and Other Entanglements 00:07
And yet, you don't get delivered to the office door
From the way I, uh, grew up. - Trees and Other Entanglements 00:05
From the way I, uh, grew up.
Uh, maybe amplified by being kidnapped - Trees and Other Entanglements 00:06
Uh, maybe amplified by being kidnapped
I didn't ever feel that I wanted - Trees and Other Entanglements 00:07
I didn't ever feel that I wanted