Poster for Plant Life

SJSFF 2026

Plant Life

Documentary 2026 22 mins USA

Directed by Brett Marty, Josh Izenberg

Biologist Joanne Chory is undertaking the final mission of her lauded career: supercharging crop plants to sequester carbon deep into Earth's soil, with the goal of cutting the pace of climate change in half. But she’s racing the two ticking clocks of ecological collapse and her own advancing Parkinson’s disease.

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About Plant Life

Plant Life is a 22-minute documentary short film from the USA directed by Brett Marty, Josh Izenberg. It screened at the 2026 San Jose International Short Film Festival in the “A Hard DOCs Life” program.

Director
Brett Marty, Josh Izenberg
Program
A Hard DOCs Life
Country
USA
Run time
22 mins
Genre
Documentary

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