For the record, son

A short multimedia documentary film. It is about the things we pass down; what we leave behind— time, legacy, and learning to notice what’s important before it’s too late. A love letter to paying attention.

From conversations with my father on mortality, struggle, growing and transitioning through an ever changing world and life, we attempt to figure out what truly matters, what we wish we knew sooner and what we would say to our grandfathers, our great grandsons and their sons if we were given the chance. What would my father ask his dad if he were still here? What would my brother want his son to know before he even born?

For the record, son started when my father and I expressed our thoughts to each other on difficult subjects that come up in everyones life, often taboo or avoided, such as death, birth, divorce, ambition, failure, change and loss. It seemed like a right of passage, when my father began to no longer see me as a boy, but instead, a man, an equal, and we began to reflect on things together. I wish I had known his thoughts on such subjects sooner.

With the help of a family archive spanning 35 years, we begin to compile a few things we wish to leave behind for future generations.