CanIGetaWitness?tellsthestoryofamotheranddaughterinanear-futureworldwherehugesacrificesaremadetomaintainlifeonEarthbbb Withitsresourcesswallowedbye-wasteandoverpopulation,theworldisexperiencingananthropogeniccollapse.Tomanage,technologicaladvancesareshunned.Nobodyhaselectricityandonlypeoplewithexceptionsarepermittedcars.Mostimportantly,thereisalsoacollectiveagreementthatnobodyisallowedtolivebeyondtheageof50. Oh’sEllieliveswithherteenagedaughterKiah(KeiraJang),whoisstartingherfirstdayasaDocumenter,animportantroleinthisnewworldorder.Sheusesherartisticgifts—beautifullyconjuredinanimations—todrawthedyingceremonies,sinceprintingandphotographyhavebeenbanned. KiahispairedwithDaniel(JoelOulette),theyoungmanwhoperformsthecontractualelementsofeachperson’send-of-lifeceremony.Hematter-of-factlyprovidesthepackagesapersoncanchoose,setsthemupwhenthetimecomes,andperformstheburials.Buthisnewcoworkerishavingahardtimehandlingtheemotionalimpactsofthejob.
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