Filmmaker Noah Blau's Instagram series 'Errands' spotlights everyday New York life

Noah Blau, a 26‑year‑old filmmaker, created the Instagram series Errands, which follows friends as they tackle ordinary tasks around New York City and presents them as small‑scale hero journeys. In a recent episode, aspiring actress Aitana Doyle practices for her driving test while Blau records her on a dead‑end street in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Doyle explains her anxiety about the test and how it affects her acting work, noting that the show “helps people appreciate the little wins in life.”

Other episodes have featured a poet repairing a broken CD player, an unemployed writer selling paperbacks, an actor searching for a lost cat, and a DJ appearing in traffic court. The series is filmed in a lo‑fi style with trippy jazz‑flute scores and has attracted a modest but enthusiastic online following since its debut ten months ago.