Director:  Dorota Zglobicka

Screenwriter:   Dorota Zglobicka

Genre: Documentary Feature

Production: Zbig Vision LTD. 

 

LOGLINE

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While filming a lockdown diary that evolves into a years-long journey, an immigrant filmmaker in the process of gaining U.S. citizenship unexpectedly captures a historic cultural meltdown. Acting as an observer and a student of American culture, she navigates the 2020 social uprisings and beyond, discovering a complex, unfiltered reality far removed from the Hollywood movies of her teenage years.

 

SYNOPSIS 

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In early 2020, My Own Private Groundhog Day began as a documentary capturing how everyday creatives were surviving the isolation of the lockdown. But as the initial panic of the virus faded, the world moved on, and a new era began. Subjects began to open up about a different kind of crisis, and conversations quickly shifted away from the pandemic toward the cultural explosion happening right outside their doors. The film weaves these personal narratives together against a surreal backdrop of the George Floyd movement, SpaceX/NASA missions, canceled proms and graduations, Pride Month, everyday Easter celebrations, cancel culture, rotating presidencies, and polarizing political personas like Charlie Kirk.

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