This immersive eight-hour documentary follows workers in a Virginia factory over the course of an entire day, from clock-in to clock-out. Long, unbroken sequences of assembly and fabrication focus on the bodies of African American and Vietnamese American workers, while both mobile and fixed cameras transform their acts into pure movement. Everson’s “shift-film” adjusts the frame on race, class, and labor, celebrating the everyday and imbuing working bodies with new dimensions.

Director

Kevin Jerome Everson

Cast

Donnie Ballard Sr.

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Charles Brown

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Kathy Conley

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Joshua Edgerton

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Sandra Freeman