In the month following the massive earthquake in Chile, fear and chaos gripped the entire nation. Rumors of an even bigger aftershock had everyone panicked. Then, on one seemingly peaceful afternoon, the aftershock hit. Replica portrays the second quake through the eyes of four individuals: a Baptist preacher in the streets, a tired woman after work in her living room, and two children flying a kite in the countryside. Replica combines powerful imagery (including actual footage shot in Chile in the days after the quake) with an appropriate string septet, "Shaker Loops," donated by the American composer and national treasure, John Adams.
—Chris Cox