Kristine Samuelson is a documentary filmmaker and the Edward Clark Crossett Emerita Professor of Humanistic Studies at Stanford University.^[1] Her film, Life Overtakes Me (2020), made with John Haptas, was nominated for an Oscar for best short-subject documentary, for the 92nd Academy Awards^[2]—having premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.^[3] It also received Audience Awards at the Full Frame and Chicago Critics Film Festivals.