General Information

Author/Creator

Garrison, Andrew, director.

Language

English.

Published

United States, 2012.

Physical Description

DVD-ROM (65 min.)

Digital ver. identifier

HU_OSA_00004845

Contents/Summary

Summary

When choreographer Allison Orr finds inspiration, beauty and grace in garbage trucks, cranes and in the men and women who collect our trash, she embarks on one her biggest creative challenges. This documentary follows Orr as she spends months immersing herself in the unexpected community of Austin's sanitation workers to observe and learn about their daily routes and the demands of working in this field. Met with initial skepticism, Orr ultimately convinces them to collaborate in a dance performance. Beyond the months of rehearsal, we observe a very touching story, one that puts a human face on these trash collectors who often get overlooked in society. Many of these hard-working men and women have second jobs to make ends meet coupled with family demands and dreams of their own. What results is the performance of their lives - an event unlike any you've ever seen before, with thousands of spectators who show up on an abandoned airport runway to see that garbage trucks, cranes and trash bins can dance.

Subjects

Genre

Documentary films

Bibliographic Information

Note

Verzio Film Festival Submission

Library Special Collection

Verzio Film Festival Submission

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Call Number	Status	Shelving Location	Public Note
DVD-ROM	OSA Film Library	FL Record 3211	Available	-	-
Digital film	OSA Film Library	FL Record 3211 (HU_OSA_00004845.mp4)	Available		Access Copy, MP4 format