
In their 2010 collaboration, Davis was the main subject on camera.

She described How To Be At Home as a film “essentially catalyzed by COVID.” But it prompted her to shelve the project she was working on and change course. Now, in these unprecedented times, social distancing has limited many of those options.ĭorfman recalled several fans telling her, “I love this poem, but we can’t do these things anymore.”ĭorfman said COVID-19 didn’t change her working environment because she usually works from home. The piece offered solutions to loneliness, such as visiting a library or café, or going out to dance. It went viral on YouTube with 8.4 million views. A filmmaker and a poet who collaborated on a viral video a decade ago may have another hit with their new pandemic project.Īndrea Dorfman, filmmaker, animator and artist, collaborated with poet Tanya Davis on their piece How To Be Alone in 2010.
