Coalesce (2021)

The film opens in Times Square on NYE 2020. Everything seemed right with the World. Hugging was commonplace. Then of course, 2020 unfolded and social distancing became part of everyone's lives. Six months into the pandemic, hundreds of artists from all different performance art genres are invited to come together at a large lakeside mansion and estate in Cleveland OH over the course of several consecutive days, culminating in a group costume parade event on 10/10/2020 to witness live performances when there were no live performances going on anywhere due to Covid-19. The goal was to lift each other's spirits during the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic. Musicians who were strangers prior to this experience wrote and recorded an original soundtrack, and performers were all assigned designated areas to perform for up to 10 minutes as the costume parade passed by. There were over a dozen genres represented including acrobatics, live music, magic, dance, and even a wedding. Dozens of unscripted live interviews were recorded and the event proved a huge success. The film captures the rawness of what it was like living during this unprecedented time.