About this film
The sole child survivor of an erased city is placed before the cameras to explain what happened. As a digital filter turns her trauma into acceptable content, the interview exposes the gap between the child the world can bear to watch and the truth she is carrying.
Synopsis
The only child to survive the erasure of an entire city is placed in front of cameras to tell the world what happened. As a digital filter turns her trauma into something easier to consume, the interview begins to reveal that she carries a dark secret and that society prefers a processed image of childhood to the truth children actually endure.
Themes
- childhood trauma
- the spectacle of tragedy
- desensitization
- algorithmic mediation
- narrative control
- truth and image
Additional Credits
- Director: Mark Wachholz
- Studio: Particle Panic