This touching short documentary looks at themes of death & meaning through the eyes of a 97-year-old man. A great watch.
“As I sit out now on my deck of the house, I look at the trees blowing a little in the breeze.
And I’ve seen them innumerable times but somehow, seeing the trees this time is a transcendent experience.
I see how marvellous it is, and I think to myself: I’ve had these here all along but have I really appreciated them?
And the fact is I have not, until now.”
‘At the mouth of the Firth of Forth sits an ancient volcanic island, home to the world’s largest colony of Gannets; The Bass Rock. For three years from 1960, June Nelson and her late husband Bryan called it their home, intimately studying the birds and their behaviours. June reflects on their time together and the catastrophic loss of global seabird populations in the years since‘:
The seeker. ‘When his faith crumbles, an ‘Amish atheist’ rebuilds his world from scratch’.
Goal from Jacob Jonas The Company. I like to think of this short film as a look at how professional people have to contort themselves to get the prize:
Oblivion With Bells 