(re)Search my Trash

<body> <div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="800" cellpadding="0" height="100%"> <tr> <td width="100" rowspan="2" background="../stylepix/square.gif" valign="top">  </td> <td width="4" rowspan="2"></td> <td width="592" valign="top"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="592"> <tr> <td width="100%">  </td> </tr> </table>    <table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="255" align="right"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p align="right"><img border="0" src="../stills/aftermasks-poster.jpg" width="250" height="324"></td> </tr> </table> <p>So how are different people dealing with the pandemic and all the ramifications, including lockdowns, that come with it? <ul> <li><i>Winners</i>: Arya (Alexandra Rodriguez) just pretends life is going on as usual, even if she has to stay inside for a bit - but her forced optimism makes her all the more vulnerable for bad news ...</li> <li><i>Ushering the Light</i>: A Jewish couple (Drea Berg, Brandon Shaffer), still reeling from the loss of their son, try to make it through pandemic, including Passover, without the physical support of their family ... </li> <li><i>Hold on</i>: With the <i>Black Lives Matter</i> movement gaining momentum, young African-American Farida (Tayo Amos) still sees herself faced with systemic racism at work, and with not being able to join any protests due to lockdown, she must find a way to channel her anger ...</li> <li><i>Clownfish</i>: Jamie (Lindsay Sparks) suffers from both the loss of her husband and the isolation that comes with lockdown, and to cope with the current loneliness, she more and more becomes her deceased partner ...</li> <li><i>Quarantales</i>: Left on their own and to their own devices, people from all over the country and from various walks of life try to overcome their demons in what turns out to be a months long quarantine, and to finally get their relationship in order (Amber Lynn Ashley) or learn the guitar (Zachariah West), become a standup comedian (Gretchen Ho) or tackling their weight problems (Laramie Williams), as times only wasted if you let it go to waste ...</li> </ul> <p>In parts, <b>After Masks</b> is really hard to watch - and I mean that as a compliment, as it rather accurately portrays these strange times we're still living through, and asks many questions we've probably asking ourselves as well, trying to make sense of our violently altered lives. That goes of course to show the very thoughtful approach of the filmmakers to the movie's subject matter. Now sure, since the topic was covered by a very diverse group of filmmakers, not all stories are equally powerful, and some are more direct, some more metaphorical than others, but in all, it's a very powerful document of our day and age.</p> <p>  </td> <td width="4" rowspan="2"></td> <td width="100" rowspan="2" background="../stylepix/squareright.gif" valign="top">  </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="592" valign="top">  <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> currentyear = "2021"; </SCRIPT> <SCRIPT language="JavaScript" src="../scripts/endcredits.js"></SCRIPT> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> dosworsdonn(); </SCRIPT> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </body>