FaceTime

Jackie! Zhou
2021 | 5 x 6-10 min episodes
Short Documentary
English

A five-part series of 6-10 min episodes premiering daily from March 29 – April 2, 2021 on Instagram @otherlyseries.

FaceTime aims to explore the intimacy and power of family—both biological and chosen. It follows two Taiwanese-American siblings, Farrah and Andy, one living in Los Angeles and the other in New York City, as they navigate their identities and engage meaningfully with their individual communities, while their own sibling relationship evolves. Through self-documented phone footage and recorded FaceTime calls, the project explores these facets of self and examines how and when we choose to show our lives through technology.

This film is part of Otherly, a series of seven short documentaries about belonging, premiering on Instagram Stories.

One-Liner

FaceTime follows Andy and Farrah as they navigate their individual identities, chosen family, and relationship as bi-coastal siblings.

Credits

Written and Directed by
Jackie! Zhou

Producer
Akmyrat Tuyliyev

Associate Producer
Aja Quinn Evans

Executive Producer
Opeyemi Olukemi

Director of Photography
Andy
Farrah
Jackie! Zhou

Editor
Jackie! Zhou

Assistant Editor
Sarah Ginsburg

Featuring
Andy
Farrah

Audio Post Production
One Thousand Birds

Executive Producer
Guin Frehling

Sound Design & Mix
Jackie! Zhou

Post Picture
Kettle Media Concepts

Post Production Supervisor
Nigel Kettle

Colorist
Maria Mendoza

Otherly Program Support

Production Coordinator
Clara Hughes

VP of Development, Communications & Government Affairs
Theresa Navarro

Marketing & Communications
Matisse Bustos-Hawkes

Senior Marketing Associate
Mahboob Alam

Digital Content Coordinator
Bree Nieves

VP of Impact and Engagement Strategy
Asad Muhammad

Education Manager
Courtney Cook

Outreach Specialist
Robert Salyer

Senior Associate, Programs & Engagement
Rachel Friedland

Impact Producer Consultant
Domino Sound

VP Finance & Business Affairs
Kristal Choy

Director of Finance & Operations
Betty Cordero

Legal Counsel
Aaron Goldberg

Program Development
John MacFarlane
David Oppenheim

Otherly Lab Mentors and Speakers
Laylah Amatullah Barrayn
Sisa Bueno
Kimberly Drew
Vicky Du
Adama Delphine Fawundu
Lauren Hutchinson
Alison S.M. Kobayashi
Theresa Loong
Dumeetha Luthra
Sarah Rothberg
Ziv Schneider
Pat Shiu
Saschka Unseld

Otherly Lab Production Assistant
Rand Jitan

Otherly Title Design
Yazmin Monet

Otherly Website Design
Jacob Ford

Press Relations

Jennifer Mair
NFB Publicist – Toronto
C.: 416-436-0105
j.mair@nfb.ca | @NFB_Jennifer
For POV Spark
Marlea Willis – New York
T: 646-535-9056
marlea@mwilliscomm.com

About the NFB

The NFB is Canada’s public producer and distributor of award-winning documentaries, auteur animation, interactive stories and participatory experiences, working with talented creators across the country. The NFB is taking action to combat systemic racism and become a more open and diverse organization, while working to strengthen Indigenous-led production and gender equity in film and digital media. NFB productions have won more than 7,000 awards, including 12 Oscars. To access this unique content, visit NFB.ca.
About POV Spark

The interactive arm of the iconic PBS series, POV Spark creates and advances experiential forms of storytelling, programming, and distribution, redefining US public media to be more inclusive of emerging technologies and interactive makers. POV films and projects have won 42 Emmy Awards, 25 George Foster Peabody Awards, 14 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards, three Academy Awards and the first-ever George Polk Documentary Film Award. POV is a production of American Documentary (AmDoc), a national non-profit media arts organization that strives to make essential documentaries accessible as a catalyst for public discourse. AmDoc collaborates with passionate filmmakers to amplify their voices, and to nurture the nonfiction community. Learn more at pbs.org/pov, access POV Spark projects, and follow @povdocs on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.