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
"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
"How do we achieve happiness, and how do we keep it?"
- Sharon Ross
Connect With Us
@Whatsgoingon_Documentary
