In 1991 George Holliday told reporters he bought a home video camera to record "home stuff", "a cat licking its paw". Holliday's life changed forever when he hit record on police arresting a man outside his apartment. Up until his death on Sunday September 22, 2021, Holliday's life was linked to that single piece of footage.

Licensing Holliday's footage as part of ACMI's #storyofthemovingimage we came to a greater understanding of the indelible afterimage his footage left on him and the late 20th Century.