THE PEOPLE'S FILM FESTIVAL 2020

YOUNG PEOPLE'S BLOCK

Expired August 25, 2020 3:45 AM
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Inspired by Emma Lazarus’s famed poem welcoming immigrants to the United States, this experimental video short captures small moments of humanity within the quotidian carriage of the NYC subway. Titled in reference to a computational “for” loop, the video poem speaks to the holding pattern we occupy and take passage through—equal in our anonymity, hurriedness and small sufferings. Amid this current era of nationalist scapegoating, we persist in the quiet ethos of multiplicity. We (us) are greater than US in the lived experience of equality and freedom.

  • Year
    2019
  • Runtime
    1 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Director
    Jess Irish