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Every Contact Leaves a Trace

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In this digital era, real life connections become rarer yet any personal encounter can leave a lingering trace. Over a lifetime, filmmaker Lynne Sachs has collected business cards, mementos of these initial meetings with strangers. Sachs selects seven cards from hundreds and throws herself into finding out how and why these brief yet vivid moments left an imprint on her consciousness. When she is able, she embraces clues and seeks out reunions. But when there is no trace, she gambles with imaginary histories and futures. A lifetime of tactile, face-to-face encounters reminds her of identities passed from hand to hand.

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Lynne Sachs

Director

Lynne Sachs

Narrator

Lynne Sachs

Producer

Jeffery Cheng

Cinematographer

Yumeng Guo

Cinematographer

Sean Hanley

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Synopsis In this digital era, real life connections become rarer yet any personal encounter can leave a lingering trace. Over a lifetime, filmmaker Lynne Sachs has collected business cards, mementos of these initial meetings with strangers. Sachs selects seven cards from hundreds and throws herself into finding out how and why these brief yet vivid moments left an imprint on her consciousness. When she is able, she embraces clues and seeks out reunions. But when there is no trace, she gambles with imaginary histories and futures. A lifetime of tactile, face-to-face encounters reminds her of identities passed from hand to hand.
Director
Lynne Sachs
Producer
Lynne Sachs
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 23m