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Who By Water

Short Films • 17m

Directed by Bill Morrison • Documentary • 2007 • 18 minutes

Inspired by the Jewish Rosh Hashanah prayer, “Who shall live, who shall die… who by water, who by fire,” this short film deals with that which has been preordained—a future that will unfold before us, much like the faces of passengers on a ship force us to contemplate our own fate.

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