Endling

Endling is a fictional documentary about the last surviving goldfish in the world and her caretaker, an elderly Chinese immigrant man named Richard who accompanies her as she lives out the rest of her days in a windowless basement habitat. Through a hybrid of animation, archival photos, modern day news clips, and docu-narrative footage, the filmmakers seek to understand the real reason behind Richard’s devotion to this futile job, learning along the way what it means to be the last of your kind.

Credits
Writer: Kelly Yu
Producer: Connor Williams, Po Wei Su
Executive Producer: Lena Waithe, Doménica Castro, Constanza Castro, Naomi Funabashi, Travis Ing, Rishi Rajani
Director of Photography: Gus Bendinelli
Editor: Joseph Barton
Production Designer: Annie Becker
Composer: Alex Mansour
Sound Designer: Kai Scheer
Costume Designer: Brianna Murphy

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FROM VISIONS TO REEL: LIVING LEGACY

Welcome to your life: Google translate, pastries, dildos, suburbia, calls to your mom, kung fu, deceitful karaoke, and being the last of your kind. Reflect on what you have been given and what it means to leave a legacy of your own.