Start. Stop. Repeat.

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” George Santayana 1905

What kind of world do we want to live in? What can we learn from previous global catastrophes that can help us shape our future?

What does the Covid-19 pandemic say about us as a society, as a species? Start. Stop. Repeat. will be a feature documentary made up of expert interviews, historical archive film and film footage from today’s pandemic. We will focus on what we have learned from previous global upheavals, and we will examine the resulting values that could guide our future. 

By focusing on key events that have overhauled international society in the past, we can compare and contrast the effects to what is happening today through an examination of these events from a historical, sociological and scientific perspective.

Feature Documentary directed by Nidhi Gupta, Produced by Nidhi Gupta and Sienna Beckman

In pre-production - filming Summer 2021