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“Oh my gosh, I’m so thankful,” she said through tears.
Writing for The Spinoff, Isaac said that she “felt lucky to be with Siouxie as the world changed forever, and a privilege to be in the presence of such an expert science communicator.”
The director and producer spent four days at Wiles’ home, where, without any other equipment allowed, she filmed, directed and took on the role of sound operator herself.
Isaac also captured the way that Wiles’ public-facing role had opened her to scrutiny, including one occasion when her family gathered around the computer to read an email criticizing her bright pink hair color.
“I don’t see myself as someone who is supposed to be leading,” Wiles told Isaac in an on-camera interview.
“Authority and experience can look like something else, and it’s pink sometimes, which seems distressing to some people.”
In Isaac’s Spinoff article, he wrote that he hoped his short film would encourage others with experience to “step up and make positive changes, even if they didn’t fit the mold of a traditional leader.”
“I was destined to go to Japan this year to film a short documentary about a young Maori martial artist preparing for a fight that will define his career in Tokyo. COVID put an end to that,” Isaac wrote.
“But perhaps the Siouxsie story is not that different from a cage fight, only instead of using physical force, she defeats her opponents using science and kindness.”
Siouxsie and the virus It is part of the Loading Docs 2020 collection.
