Timelines

I am a documentary filmmaker, which means I make sense of reality by arranging disparate bits of footage into linear stories. Since the pandemic hit, the whole world got to learn my trade: in isolation, we all make do with clips of the outside world on small screens, daring us to turn them into scenes, sequences, stories. It’s been a disorienting job for most.

The last time I watched something together with my parents was January 6th…