In 2009, Filmmaker Dave Manzo was visiting his wife&apos;s family in Allentown, New York, when he came across locals searching the grounds of the town&apos;s abandoned school for a time capsule buried in 1950. He grabs a camera, and begins ...

Dave Manzo

Finding Time

In 2009, Filmmaker Dave Manzo was visiting his wife's family in Allentown, New York, when he came across locals searching the grounds of the town's abandoned school for a time capsule buried in 1950. He grabs a camera, and begins documenting the search. When nothing turns up, Dave decides to dive into the history of this capsule on his own, and he soon finds himself leading the town on the hunt for the lost time capsule. But every person in town has a different idea of where the capsule is buried, leading Dave on a wild goose chase. Every time Dave finds himself against a wall, with no more clues, someone comes out with a new nugget of information. Is the capsule buried here, or over there? What was supposed to be a small dig, soon becomes years of research, interviews, and excavations. As the story unfolds, Dave slowly unlocks the mysteries of not only the capsule, but the town, the people, and even the abandoned school. Each person Dave meets provides another unique clue or insight into the history and culture of this once great American boomtown. And over the course of almost 15 years, the people of Allentown, New York rally behind Dave and his mission. They begin to find a new pride and ownership of this once forgotten town. As the years go by; they slowly restore, rebuild, and reinvent what it means to be a citizen of Allentown. With some people passing, and others being born; Dave finds himself not only documenting this town's journey into its past, but also the shaping of its future. Finding Time is not just a film about the search for a lost time capsule; it's the creation of a new one.

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