E T A
2017 · 5m
Directed by Talia Shea Levin
Tones: contemplative, tender
One woman fights the urge to isolate herself and instead reaches toward the people around her, building community through music, dance and film.
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The premise reads like Hallmark-adjacent uplift—isolation-to-community through the healing power of art—but Levin somehow dodges the sentiment trap; I'm curious what formal choice keeps this from curdling into inspiration-porn.
A five-minute musical-drama that respects the lineage of experimental music film and intimate portraiture; the structure feels deliberate, even if the throughline sits comfortably in well-trodden thematic terrain.
Five minutes is punishing for a redemptive arc, but Levin's decision to let music and movement carry the emotional labor instead of dialogue—that specificity, that trust in the body—is what makes the reaching feel earned rather than asserted.