Life in a Day is a documentary filmed in a single day—July 24, 2010 to be exact—by people all around the world. The film explores the general themes that bind global societies such as love, death, birth, fear and our all-around attempts at survival in our daily life. As the film was made in partnership with YouTube, there are a few self-indulgent video diaries occupying a bit too much of the film. But in doing so, Life in a Day is a perfect snapshot of what it was like to be alive in 2010, and how our lives and realities are increasingly shaped by our relationships with our cameras.
This article appears in Jan 19-25, 2012.