Dogtown Redemption Film Website
As with the poor living in the urban slums of India, Egypt and Brazil, a surprising number of Americans live on the margins of a vast river of trash that is a source of hope and redemption. Dogtown Redemption follows this river, and its inhabitants.Dogtown Redemption is a documentary film that looks at the creative ways in which American "underclass" creates its own jobs, community, and culture by mining trash in the streets of Oakland and Berkeley. The documentary follows the lives of four recyclers--Jason, the Olympic titan of recycling, Roslin, a grieving widow, Landon, a fallen minister, and Miss Kay, a former punk rock drummer--with a national audience. Through them, the film introduces viewers to the art, science, economics and politics of recycling: what it offers, how it touches and why it matters to the poor.
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