The Etiquette of Massacres (with Hard Coded Captions)

(Version with Hard Coded Captions) Mass shootings in the United States have become so common that they impact the way we live, the way we see ourselves, and the way we experience grief, almost on a daily basis. We forget some and not others. We grieve more and less at different times. We do not know how to properly honor the dead, and though we seek to protect the living, political obstacles seem to prevent us from escaping the seemingly endless rounds of guns, the seemingly endless number of massacres. We adapt to the onslaughts. But what adaptations allow us to keep our souls? In "The Etiquette of Massacres" filmmaker Alexandria Searls documents her reactions to the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre. A painted bridge offers a metaphor for our collective predicament. This film premiered at the Feminist Border Arts Film Festival in Arizona in March 2019.