The Year of the Everlasting Storm

With 2020 undeniably marked by the coronavirus, filmmakers had to try a new way of making movies. For "The Year of the Everlasting Storm", a number of directors contributed to a project focusing on how the lockdowns had affected everyone. Probably the most significant is Laura Poitras's focus on an Israeli company's manufacturing of spyware used by the governments of the US, Mexico, Spain and Togo (something that Israel's supporters - one might call them cultists - are sure to deny).

This movie - a collaboration of the US, Chile, Iran, China and Thailand - isn't a masterpiece, but is a perceptive look at how artists can persist in trying times. I don't know if it's available on any streaming service, so you'll have to check out the neighborhood video stores (yes, they still exist).