Can I Get a Witness? tells the story of a mother and daughter in a near-future world where huge sa[展开全部]
CanIGetaWitness?tellsthestoryofamotheranddaughterinanear-futureworldwherehugesacrificesaremadetomaintainlifeonEarth. Withitsresourcesswallowedbye-wasteandoverpopulation,theworldisexperiencingananthropogeniccollapse.Tomanage,technologicaladvancesareshunned.Nobodyhaselectricityandonlypeoplewithexceptionsarepermittedcars.Mostimportantly,thereisalsoacollectiveagreementthatnobodyisallowedtolivebeyondtheageof50. Oh’sEllieliveswithherteenagedaughterKiah(KeiraJang),whoisstartingherfirstdayasaDocumenter,animportantroleinthisnewworldorder.Sheusesherartisticgifts—beautifullyconjuredinanimations—todrawthedyingceremonies,sinceprintingandphotographyhavebeenbanned. KiahispairedwithDaniel(JoelOulette),theyoungmanwhoperformsthecontractualelementsofeachperson’send-of-lifeceremony.Hematter-of-factlyprovidesthepackagesapersoncanchoose,setsthemupwhenthetimecomes,andperformstheburials.Buthisnewcoworkerishavingahardtimehandlingtheemotionalimpactsofthejob.[收起部分]