Spring 2020. With Covid-19, a direct screed falls on New York, as on other towns in the earth, brutally blocking the frenetic metropolis. Empty and silent, its streets and avenues freeze in a frightening relaxed. Obligatory mask, social distance, curtains decreased on places to eat and activities considered non-important: from the first days of the pandemic, Tom Bergmann started taking pictures his documentary. Involving observations, emotions and tragedies, he recounts day following day the metamorphosis of the Huge Apple and its inhabitants. For a yr, from the towers of Manhattan to the beach locations of Coney Island and from the Brooklyn Bridge to the deserted Central Park, the director crosses the city to fulfill New Yorkers in instances of pandemic, listening to their anxieties and their hopes. –
