• Amy Reid: Long Haulers, 2020

  • Amy Reid: Long Haulers, 2020

  • Katarina Jazbec: You Can’t Automate Me, 2021

  • Katarina Jazbec: You Can’t Automate Me, 2021

Long Haulers

In Conversation

  • Kate MacKay is a Film Curator at BAMPFA.

Taking a ride with three long-haul truck drivers, filmmaker Amy Reid documents their labor and the world they inhabit while recording their stories, observations on the economic importance of trucking, and reflections on what it is like to be one of very few women in the profession. Reid’s assured 16mm cinematography registers the vast landscapes traversed as well as the details of gas stations, truckstops, motel rooms, and truck cab interiors. Paying close attention to the sonic environment, Reid captures the radio signals, broadcasts, and audiobooks that keep the drivers company, gently revealing unspoken aspects of their distinct personalities.

Kate MacKay
FILM DETAILS 
Cinematographer
  • Amy Reid
Print Info
  • Color
  • DCP
  • 74 mins
Source
  • Amy Reid
Preceded By

You Can’t Automate Me

Katarina Jazbec, Netherlands, Slovenia, 2021

Through interviews and choreography, Katarina Jazbec investigates the perilous physical labor of lashers—one of the few remaining nonautomated jobs on container ships at the port of Rotterdam.

FILM DETAILS 
Cinematographer
  • Matija Pekić
Language
  • English
  • Dutch
  • with English subtitles
Print Info
  • Color
  • DCP
  • 21 mins
source
  • Katarina Jazbec

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