Movie Details
Original Language:English
Cast & Crew
M
Margaret Salmon
Director of Photography
R
Ricky Jay Casey
Camera Production Assistant
L
Lucie Seymour
Focus Puller
Who Named the Lily?
StarringAdam Hart-Davis
25 minFantasy,
Animation,
History,
Documentary
Plot
‘Who Named the Lily?’ celebrates and laments the complicated history of the Crystal Palace. Monster Chetwynd plays the ‘Fact Hungry Witch’, who explores the story of the Amazonian waterlily, and reveals its links to engineering. The artwork brings to light the politics of Paxton’s developments in industry and architecture, however, the protagonist of this story is the waterlily – a catalyst for ground-breaking technological advancement.
