directed by: Brett Story, year: 2020
actors: Various interviewees

The Hottest August is a contemplative ensemble documentary by Brett Story that captures how people in New York City confront time, memory, aging, and connection during a sweltering summer. Through intimate conversations with a wide range of ordinary residents—artists, workers, parents, dreamers—the film threads personal anecdotes, humor, and quiet hope into a broader meditation on resilience in the modern metropolis. Its observational approach reveals shared humanity beneath urban heat.

Global, Documentary, Essay Film, Urban Life, Interviews, Aging, Climate Change