How Do You Measure a Year?

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For 17 years, filmmaker Jay Rosenblatt filmed his daughter Ella on her birthday in the same spot, asking her the same questions. In just 29 minutes, we watch her grow from a toddler to a young woman with all the beautiful and sometimes awkward stages in between. Each phase is captured fleetingly but makes an indelible mark. Her responses to her father’s questions are just a backdrop for a deeper story of parental love, acceptance, and ultimately, independence.

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Ella Rosenblatt

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AlfieSGD

The concept of "How Do You Measure a Year?" is extremely simple, but altogether quite interesting. A father asks his daughter a series of questions every year on her birthday. You then see how this little girl grows into a woman and how her perspective on life changes over time. However, the questions could have been a bit more creative. Also, don't expect much in the way of a cinematic presentation; this is a home movie. From a purely technical standpoint, any father could implement this concept in the same way.

BobDole12

the movie having to specify with on-screen text that _Hannah Montana_ was a kids show on Disney channel made me feeling 100000 years old