Your father's dying. You can only say goodbye through a screen. How do you perform grief for a camera?
The patriarch of the family enters the hospital with COVID-19 and because of hospital protocols his family members are forced to say their goodbyes via video conferencing.
Acting
Danny Huston's physical deterioration without camera presence is devastating.
Direction
Paul Boyd wrings maximum anguish from laptop framing and connection drops.
Director
Paul Boyd
Danny Huston
Peter Stone
DaJuan Johnson
Doctor
Jenny O'Hara
Faye Stone
Nicole Ari Parker
Nancy Stone
Charlie Barnett
Max Stone
Lin Shaye
Jean Cole
Jeremy Kent Jackson
David Spitz
Elizabeth Rodriguez
Gwen Cantu
Rae Dawn Chong
Mary Reed
Baker Chase Powell
Jeremy
Bill Smitrovich
Jack Weir
Margaret Avery
Estelle Wyatt
Clifton Davis
Joe Wyatt
Fatimah Taliah
Nurse
Peter Jason
Henry Stone
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in April 2020 during actual lockdown, making it one of the first COVID-era films with genuine documentary texture.
The 74-minute runtime mirrors the average ICU video call limit—Boyd structured the narrative around real hospital protocol constraints.
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