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‘Looking Forward’: A Brief Film for Our Times.

Breaking the News · James Fallows · last updated

Several years ago, Deb and I had the enormous good fortune of working with the filmmakers Jeanne Jordan and Steven Ascher, of West City Films, on the ‘Our Towns’ documentary for HBO.1

On Vimeo, Steve has just now posted a free version of a powerful and arresting 12-minute new film he has made. It is called Looking Forward, and it is about the spirit with which we confront (and embrace) this age.

You can see the film here. If you start, I think you’ll continue. I hope you’ll start.

It even includes boiled-frog and leaf blower cameos! And an “I can’t believe he got that shot!” final segment. Deb and I have some idea, from 100 days on the road filming with Steve and Jeanne and their team, how hard these shots are to capture.

Thanks to Steve for sharing it. I hope you’ll find it worth watching. Deb and I did.

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This was under the stewardship of HBO’s documentary chieftains Lisa Heller and Nancy Abraham. and with the support and impetus of HBO’s then-head, the visionary longtime leader Richard Plepler.

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