A feature length documentary about the intense connections made between strangers over the telephone, and explores these anonymous conversations people are often too hesitant to have with the people closest to them. From crisis centers to psychics and sex workers, this documentary eavesdrops on the inner-workings of hotlines and puts faces to the voice on the other end of the line.
Direction
Shaff's patient observation lets subjects reveal themselves without exploitation.
Production
Split screens and phone aesthetics capture disembodied intimacy perfectly.
Writing
No narration—just voices, confessions, and the silence between them.
Director
Tony Shaff
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during the twilight of phone-based intimacy—right before apps replaced 1-900 numbers and crisis texting became normalized.
Youree Dell Harris, the 'Jamaican' psychic Miss Cleo, appears here in her final screen appearance before her 2016 death—her real voice, her real story, no accent.
US
