

16 minutes that'll make you delete your browser history and question your uncle's Facebook posts.
As his personal life unravels, a burgeoning white supremacist descends into an abyss of online radicalization and extremist conspiracy theories.
Direction
Dual directors Itzkow and Ryen weaponize screen-recording aesthetics brilliantly.
Acting
Itzkow's downward spiral feels improvised yet terrifyingly rehearsed.
Editing
Rapid-fire cuts mirror the protagonist's fractured mental state.

Director
Ethan Itzkow
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released mid-2020, the short anticipated the January 6 insurrection and mainstream documentation of online radicalization pipelines.
The directors met while working at BuzzFeed, explaining their intimate understanding of virality and platform mechanics.