What does it mean to be a family? What does it mean to be human? Can we all participate in a fun massive multiplayer online family dance-off? Technology presses into these questions in Kogonada’s second film, After Yang, a soft sci-fi story set in the not-too-distant future. In Kogonada’s vision, the answer to the third question is an exuberant “Yes!” The opening credits set to numerous families dancing against each other in the online world shows us that technological improvement can serve our families well. At the end of that sequence, however, those other two questions are thrust to the forefront. The film doesn’t try to force any answers on you, but simply shows you the fallout when the lines between technology and humanity blur.

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