“… [I]n mockumentary style, the pain of losing a loved one is charted in graphs and discussed in relation to other catastrophies or unconscious acts which may shave hours or years off our life expectancy. Flowered walls, a child’s room, tiny chairs around a toy globe: Finley searches a home for signs of life while shadow cut-outs describe, clinically, the symptoms of human emotions.” —BAMPFA

Risks of Individual Actions is based on the findings of the medical team I.S. Cohen and B.L. Lee who determined how much life expectancy is lost due to various actions: a calorie-rich dessert results in 50 minutes off your life expectancy whereas being an unmarried male cuts your life expectancy by almost 10 years.  The clinical data is intertwined with an interview about the process of grief with personal loss while the dissolving slides move the viewer from room to room of dark and oppressive house.