A pandemic diary filmed mostly in NYC. From the uncertain first months when every foray felt perilous to various re openings, outings are recorded and reflections shared. Stills punctuate abstract and documentary footage, offering a collage of mediums in the face of the unknowable. "Sorties" is a military term -- a mission launched from a defensive position. That's sort of what a walk felt like in March 2020 in NYC. And then of course things changed; cases went up and down, the science evolved, fear waxed and waned. Of course, the pandemic continues; but I had to limit myself in making the film; March 2020-August 2021.

Production format: Super 8, SD Video

Selected Screenings:
Arrow International Film Festival, 2023
Liverpool (UK) Underground Film Festival, 2022
Moviate Film Festival, Harrisburg, PA 2022
New Wave Film Festival (finalist) Munich Germany, 2022
Tokyo Short Film Festival, 2022
NYC Festival of Diary and Home Video, 2021