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Um, my name is Ella and I'm turning eight today
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How Do You Measure a Year?

Um, my name is Ellaand I'm turning eight today

Um, my name is Ella
and I'm turning eight today

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Um, my name is Ella and I'm turning eight today.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
40
Timestamp in Movie
00:10:34
Uploaded
May 21, 2025
Genres
documentary, short
Production
Jay Rosenblatt Films,Locomotion Films,HBO Documentary Films

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Movie Summary

From the time she was two years old and until she turned 18, they had a ritual: Dad asked (and filmed), and Ella answered. What do you dream about? What scares you? What do you think about our relationship? This is a little story ...
-JAY: Okay. Do you feel you are? -Yeah. - How Do You Measure a Year? 00:05
-JAY: Okay. Do you feel you are? -Yeah.
Well, I don't have to be on television, - How Do You Measure a Year? 00:05
Well, I don't have to be on television,
She said whoever could memorize, um, - How Do You Measure a Year? 00:12
She said whoever could memorize, um,
♪ Do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do Do, ti, la, so, fa, mi, re, do ♪ - How Do You Measure a Year? 00:06
♪ Do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do Do, ti, la, so, fa, mi, re,...
Five hundred Twenty five thousand - How Do You Measure a Year? 00:11
Five hundred Twenty five thousand
Sometimes. Most of the time. A lot. - How Do You Measure a Year? 00:05
Sometimes. Most of the time. A lot.
Does my dog count as my family? And my friends? - How Do You Measure a Year? 00:05
Does my dog count as my family? And my friends?
I'm afraid of being different. - How Do You Measure a Year? 00:04
I'm afraid of being different.
I want to use the time that I have, - How Do You Measure a Year? 00:09
I want to use the time that I have,
I think power can also ha-- - How Do You Measure a Year? 00:06
I think power can also ha--
How brave you are, - How Do You Measure a Year? 00:06
How brave you are,
JAY: What do you want to say to your older self? - How Do You Measure a Year? 00:04
JAY: What do you want to say to your older self?
So, imagine yourself, like, 21 or 25. What would you like... - How Do You Measure a Year? 00:05
So, imagine yourself, like, 21 or 25. What would you like...
What would the nine-year-old Ella like to say - How Do You Measure a Year? 00:06
What would the nine-year-old Ella like to say
Well, you'll be alive when I'm-- - How Do You Measure a Year? 00:04
Well, you'll be alive when I'm--
-JAY: I hope so. -If my dad's alive, - How Do You Measure a Year? 00:10
-JAY: I hope so. -If my dad's alive,
You'll still be filming me on my birth... - How Do You Measure a Year? 00:06
You'll still be filming me on my birth...
You'll still be filming yourself, which is me, - How Do You Measure a Year? 00:07
You'll still be filming yourself, which is me,
♪ All the single ladies All the single ladies ♪ - How Do You Measure a Year? 00:16
♪ All the single ladies All the single ladies ♪
(CHUCKLES) - How Do You Measure a Year? 00:07
(CHUCKLES)