Meantime
Means TV
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18m
Directed by Michael T Workman • Documentary • 2022 • 19 minutes
After Tim’s work-related stroke leads to troubling health complications, his son Michael returns home to Montana. As they spend the most time together since Michael’s childhood, they reckon with the past that haunts Tim.
Meantime is a deeply personal exploration of memory, guilt, the violence of capitalism, and the attempt to preserve the fleeting.
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