House Calls

House Calls: A Portrait In Quarantine

From April 2020 to June 2021, I directed a series of 75 micro-documentaries depicting the lives of friends in quarantine. Each one was conducted outside, socially distanced, and with no preconceived questions or prompts. I edited each conversation into one-minute segments, originally for Instagram, now collected on YouTube.

04/19/20 Mickey Bloom on suspension of disbelief.

04/21/20 Charles Pieper on The Greatest Generation.

04/21/20 Dave Child on elective isolation vs forced isolation.

05/01/20 Rachel Rosenbloom on connection & zoom-induced exhaustion.

05/03/20 Julian Higgins on status quo, safety nets, and the insular joy of a good book.

05/03/20 Sandrine Orabona on the surreal experience of filming two very different protests.

05/09/20 Ava Benjamin Shorr on magical hibernation.

05/11/20 Kevin Klauber on the resilience and adaptability of his tiny human.

05/12/20 Brooke Friedman on the digestive system, from beginning to end.

05/12/20 Christine Hamilton-Schmidt on encouragement and expectation.

05/13/20 Dorée Seay, an actress, on storm chasing.

05/15/20 Whitney Mower on the art of practice.

05/17/20 Chris Smith on the extreme sport of social distancing.

05/18/20 Emily Edwards on parrots and podcasts.

05/19/20 Li Lu talks deconstruction/recontextualization.

05/20/20 Evan Beamer and baby Simon on the ups and downs of quarantine.

05/21/20 Sam Clarke on riding the roller coaster called self-care.

05/23/20 Josie Campbell and I hate the same things.

05/26/20 Chris Lane on talents, utilized and wasted.

05/27/20 Stacy Elaine Dacheux on the connective action of writing.

05/28/20 Josh Morrison on the importance of relationships.

05/29/20 Danny Madden on storytelling as a gateway to empathy.

05/28/20 24 hours from now, Anna will give birth to twins.

08/05/20 Joshua Fu on childhood and adulthood.

08/06/20 Charlene deGuzman on the release of control.

08/06/20 Johnnie Hobbs on being over it, and the reward of pushing through anyway.

08/11/20 Will Barnet on finding magic, wherever it might be.

08/12/20 Carlos Colón on the newfound space of imagination.

08/13/20 Mustafa Rony Zeno on processing loss and trauma in quarantine.

08/13/20 Mosley on safety protocols (and giving a damn).

08/14/20 Kal-El Bogdanove on redefining workplace culture in a pandemic.

08/17/20 Jamia Weir on the unrestrained wellspring of inspiration.

08/18/20 Graham Sibley on becoming an active participant in the filmmaking process.

08/21/20 Reuben Blanchard on being disappointed by the state.

08/24/20 Kat Messing on a hybrid production in a COVID world.

08/27/20 Audrey Farnsworth on being on your own side.

09/02/20 Nabel Redwood on healing and connection in a socially distant era.

09/07/20 Laurel Clark on her weapon of choice.

10/25/20 Elise Coker on Taiwan's approach to the pandemic.

10/25/20 Ed Ou on an outsider’s perspective of America.

11/16/20 Aaronda Mosley on the southern approach to the pandemic.

11/16/20 Alastair Mann on rediscovering your voice.

11/16/20 Chandler Crawford on working in person without health benefits.

11/16/20 Eric Kocher on how little is yours.

11/16/20 Liam MacDougall and Aimee Wise on babies and community (BOGO)

11/17/20 Anna Abhau Elliott on improvisation.

11/27/20 Paul Elsasser on addiction and restructuring time.

11/29/20 Brian Kelley on engagement.

11/29/20 Kate Kelley on voices raised in song.

12/05/20 Hayden Crihfield on returning home to help her mother.

12/16/20 Gabriel Meyers on values.

12/26/20 Adam Murray on a man he met on his walk.

12/29/20 Julia Davidovich on education and debt.

12/31/20 Boman Modine on being a one issue voter.

01/15/21 Jimetta Rose on building a new day.

01/17/21 Christina Funkhouser on approachable projects.

02/05/21 Larry Cedar on contraction and expansion.

02/06/21 Craig Hildebrand on marking time.

02/12/21 Linnae Dosumo-Johnson on two intersecting life events during quarantine.

02/13/21 Hoku Uchiyama on capitalism facing nature.

02/21/21 Chad Damiani on the future of clowning (and indoor performance) in a post covid world.

02/28/21 Nick Smith on reclaiming daily joy.

03/04/21 Colin Crane on the light at the end of the tunnel.

03/13/21 Justin Baker on chronic illness, quarantine and staying inside.

03/13/21 Amber Kenny on missing the protection of her dance threesome Liquid Feet.

03/15/21 Ray Chao on processing milestones in quarantine.

03/17/21 Tamra Brown on the purity of TikTok.

03/20/21 Rollence Patugan on being angry and unapologetic.

03/22/21 Kat Purgal on casting and representation.

04/29/21 Kade Alexie on activism and allyship in the age of transmission.

05/10/21 Jason Perlman on not putting up with the cycle of bullshit.

05/17/21 Shira Ingram on escaping toxic work culture.

05/26/21 Anderson Matthew on hosting an art show during a pandemic.

06/13/21 Tara Shoe on returning to normal.

06/13/21 On the series finale, Jonathan Ade on house calls.