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.
Donnie Ballard Sr.
Charles Brown
Kathy Conley
Joshua Edgerton
Sandra Freeman
Tho Gralock
Warren Hammock Jr.
Jake Holt
Darren Kelly
Javon Kersey
Toriano Lewis
Karla Y. Livas
Samarta Mao
Edward Martin
Tersa Martin
Larry McMullen
Tha Muy
Chat Nguyen
Nhel Thim
Som Patasomcit
Charles Rollinson
Jovan Scott
Travis E. Smith
Wynn Soriano
Ryan Staton
Margaret Taylor
Yen Tran
Virak Prak
Lanny White
Trevor White
David Wilcox
James Willis Jr.
Brian O. Wood
Wayne Wright
Lounvilai Xayakham