Apr 13, 2026 3:28pm PT

‘Faces of Death’ Screenwriter Grapples With Death in the Digital Age, From 9/11 to Charlie Kirk (Guest Column)

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Isa Mazzei is a writer and filmmaker best known for Blumhouse’s hit “Cam” and Neon’s “How to Blow Up a Pipeline.” Her memoir “Camgirl” was named one of NPR’s “books we love.” She is co-writer and executive producer on the just-released “Faces of Death” from IFC Films. Here, Mazzei shares the essay “Tetris,” one she penned about millennials, the advent of digital violence and what it means to be a spectator to trauma. – Matt Donnelly

The man bleeds out slowly, a metal fence jutting through his ruptured abdomen. His mouth opens and closes like a fish, a small trickle of blood at the corner of his lip. I tab over to an open DM thread.

'Faces of Death' Screenwriter Grapples With Death in the Digital Age, From 9/11 to Charlie Kirk (Guest Column)