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Your correspondent is still on the road, but surfacing briefly with two film recommendations (and, with apologies, no almanac entry). Regular service will resume on or around December 13. Meantime, the two suggestions:

First a short on the NY Times Op-Doc platform: director Todd Chandler‘s meditation on time: a lovely short film, 9,192,631,770 Hz:

How do we measure time? Technically, by the oscillations of a cesium atom. This film tells a human story behind an element from the periodic table: cesium. [9,192,631,770 ocillations of a cesium atom define the canonical second.]

[Full disclosure: your correspondent’s daughter was a producer of the film.]

See it here.

Second, a calendar alert: Cover-up, a remarkable feature-length doc on the life and work of legendary investigative reporter Seymour Hersh from directors Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus will open theatrically in New York on December 19, then begin streaming on Netflix on December 26. [Your correspondent’s daughter was co-producer of the film.]

See you again in a week or so…