Afterthought: Film Screening and Q&A

Since 2020, COVID-19 has taken the lives of more than one million Americans. Nearly one-fifth of us knew someone among them. All of us have been impacted.

In a culture that avoids talk of death and puts grief on a timeline, what does our mourning look like? How will we manage the voids the pandemic has created?

Currently in production, AFTERTHOUGHT is a documentary feature about COVID memorials and the people who build them. It centers on two projects: a community memorial in Detroit involving thousands of participants, and one artist’s personal memorial in NYC commemorating the loss of a friend. In documenting these stories, AFTERTHOUGHT memorializes individuals lost and communities changed by the pandemic and asks universal questions about shared trauma, memory, and healing.

Join producer/director Charlotte Juergens, technical producer Lydia Robertson, editor Mark Juergens, and composer Dharsan Chandrakumar for a free screening of scenes from the film in progress, followed by a Q&A. Hosted by The Old Stone House in Brooklyn.