peak inside the community of collecting
from teenage baseball card enthusiasts to high-end art connoisseurs —
they share personal stories and reveal how their collections connect them to history, memory, and sentimentality
through this we will uncover why we keep things around us.
About
The Film
THE THINGS AROUND US EXPLORES THE DEEPLY PERSONAL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN PEOPLE AND THEIR CHERISHED POSSESSIONS, UNCOVERING THE STORIES, MEMORIES, AND MILESTONES THAT THESE ITEMS EMBODY. THROUGH THE LENS OF UNIQUE COLLECTORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, THIS FILM DELVES INTO THE UNIVERSAL THEMES OF IDENTITY, HERITAGE, AND HUMAN EMOTION.
BY FOCUSING ON THE SENTIMENTAL VALUE AND LIFE PHILOSOPHIES TIED TO THESE TREASURES, EACH SEGMENT RAISES PROFOUND QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THE THINGS WE KEEP REFLECT WHO WE ARE, THE EXPERIENCES THAT SHAPE US, AND THE CULTURES WE COME FROM.
AT ITS HEART, THE THINGS AROUND US ENCOURAGES VIEWERS TO REFLECT ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ITEMS THEY SURROUND THEMSELVES WITH, FOSTERING APPRECIATION FOR THE MEMORIES AND MEANINGS THAT MAKE THESE OBJECTS EXTRAORDINARY.
