I was pottering aroundlistening to the radio the other day when I heard an interview with Keven MacDonald about a new film he has directed. It’s called Life in a day 2020 and it’s made up of shots that people around the world submitted of their lives on 25th July last year. It’s a'sequelof sorts'as the original Life in a Day film was made 10 years ago and they decided to'revisit'the idea. I’m not usuallyoverlykeen on documentaries of this kind but I wasintriguedso I decided to watch it.

I have to say that I wastrulyblown away.Thefootagehas beenwoven together with tremendous skill and it flowsseamlessly.It evokes a real sense of humanity and manages to be so many things at once: tragic yetheartwarming,morbidyet full of life and depressing yet uplifting.Some parts are sopoignantthat they brought tears to my eyes. In the interview, Keven says that he asked for honesty. He certainly achieved this and there’s a great intimacy to the footage that is shared in 'a veryunshowyunglossytotallyauthenticway’.

It goes from midnight to midnight and Keven gave the participants the option to answer some questions, which were: What do you love? What do you fear? What would you like to change in the world? And what do you have in your pockets?

There are various themes that come up. The pandemic obviously features in a big way but there’s also climate change, Black Lives Matter and thenarrativeof life from childbirth through to old age runs through the film. By chance the 25th July happened to be a veryeventfulday. I really recommend this film and it’s available for all to watch on YouTube. https://lifeinaday.youtube/