River Rd. is an experimental poetry short film written and directed by Shira Zaid. It features a sound score by Lisa Zaid and videography by Emmy Maddox. This short has been accepted into seven independent international film festivals and has been translated into two languages.
In the woods, we are reminded of the scope of the world -- of our smallness when compared to nature's grandiosity. It is humbling and deeply humanizing. During some of the US’s bleakest moments in the COVID Pandemic, I am truly grateful for the beauty and hope I found in the drifting tides along River Rd. which winds its way along the Patapsco River through the forests of rural Maryland.