Logline:
Seven individuals of different backgrounds consider their personal philosophies when confronted with the question of whether anything matters at all.
Synopsis:
The audience is taken through a range of years through archival footage exploring the ups and downs of our lives and the thing that connects us all, love. Seven interview subjects: a philosophy professor, a film professor, a humanities professor, a retired lawyer turned archivist, a volunteer, a dance student, and a fashion student, explore their backgrounds with religion, their current personal philosophies, whether or not they believe we have a purpose, or if the things we do have any meaning at all. Eventually everything wraps back around to love.
"Love Is the Antidote"
-Stephen Asma
DIRECTED BY Cadence Porisch
Exploring the world with curiosity and love
Director's Statement: What’s Going On began in a difficult time in my life where I was very sick and trudging through the first semester of my senior year of college. The world seemed to be moving around me in a way where I began to question what my place in the world meant. I have always been a rather philosophical person, but on my own I can never come up with any answers or anything new. I have found the most important thing is to interact with others, learn from them, and continue to wonder. This film was a way to do those things and encourage others to give it a try.
"We are meant to live in relationship with one another."
- Jeff Johnson
Technical Information
16:9
Aspect Ratio
2K
Shooting Format
Stereo
Sound Format
12:23
TRT
English
Language
H.264
Presentation Format
No
Subtitles
Yes
Captions
"Love is rooted in everything."
- Elise Lloyd
"To tag a lost life as a tradgedy means that it was meaningful to be alive."
- John Erickson
Meet the Team
Director/Producer
Cadence Porisch
Cadence Porisch is a female filmmaker and poet. She is deeply passionate and creates her art as a way to build appreciation and love for the world which we exist in.
Cadence loves to foster communication and empathy in her audience as well as the people she works with. Her goal is to create her art with love as the leading motivator.
Editor/Assistant Director
Celeste Pinel
Celeste Pinel is a female filmmaker and editor. She has loved creating films from a young age and greatly enjoys the evocation of deep emotion through her art form. Celeste continues to strive to improve and do her best with every project she does. She is well rounded and extends her practice into many different genres in order to expand her own experiences and techniques.
Director of Photography
Parker Freeman
Parker Freeman is a female photographer and film maker. Images have always been an inspiring artform to her. Parker strives to tell stories with increasing creativity and skill through her work with cameras.
"How do we achieve happiness, and how do we keep it?"
- Sharon Ross
Connect With Us
@Whatsgoingon_Documentary
