December 18, 2024

How Ohio State football made a movie connecting us despite coronavirus


COLUMBUS, Ohio — Coronavirus is part of our story. Whether you or a loved one has been sick or lost a job, or whether you’ve been lucky enough to escape the most serious repercussions. Whether the shutdown has created in you a sense of reassurance or anger or despair or togetherness. Whether you’re old or young, on the front lines or in the back appreciating those who are, a sports fan or not, this is for everyone. To create what sounds like a sports cliche, it’s not coronavir-me. It’s coronavir-us. That’s where Zach Swartz operates. He lives off the search for us. His latest work is a video called “Places” that Ohio State football released on its YouTube account two weeks ago. It has garnered more than 65,000 views there. Ohio State fans told me they have watched it through tears. It’s both unexpectedly odd and strangely appropriate that one…

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