USA 1976, video, b&w, sound, 28:30 min
- realized by:
- Skip Blumberg
- notes:
- In collaboration with Jane Aaron.
- cast&crew:
- production:
- Tom Weinberg
- available copies:
- Electronic Arts Intermix - EAI:
- video, sound
- available for rent
- synopsis: Copyright Electronic Arts Intermix, New York. See the EAI Online Catalogue for further information about this artist and work
- Focusing on the Sears Merchandise mail-order warehouse in Chicago, this early example of Blumberg's personable documentary approach begins as an informative look at the mail-order distribution process, and ends as a candid observation of management/labor relations. A plant supervisor narrates and guides the tour along the conveyor belt system that connects the stages of the mail-order trajectory, which becomes Blumberg's "storyline." Employee satisfaction, job efficiency and labor standardizations are conveyed through brief interviews with the workers along the belt, culminating in a confrontational dialogue between a worker and her employer.
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