It is often the work of nonfiction filmmakers to grab that thing that hides in plain sight and hold it up for inspection. They interrogate events or ideas that are familiar but remain unexamined. Such is the case with The Measure of All Things, the newest performance/hybrid project from director Sam Green. For those who grew up with the Guinness Book of World Records, it seemed like something that had always and would always exist. But the history of the book is complex, even tragic. Interweaving short films, live narration, and a stellar live score by T. Griffin, Catherine McRae, and Brendan Canty, Green shares the believe-it-or-not history of the McWhirter Brothers layered with a more philosophical examination of why “world records” mean so much to us. It’s a funny, engaging, and surprisingly emotional performance by a creator working at the vanguard of nontraditional nonfiction. (DW) Presented by Aggregate.