Simple, nicely made, micro-budget documentary about the men who made a living selling abandoned scrap metal found on the streets and alleys of Chicago, performing a valuable public service helping keep the city clean. They are seen less as raiders than as helpful neighbors by the locals.
It covers the hardships theses 'scrappers' faced with the 2008 financial collapse, when the value of scrap metal fell quickly from $200-$300 a ton to only $20.
These are likable, quirky, humanly flawed working men, doing arduous physical labor over longs days, and mostly doing it with pride and even a sense of quiet joy. If he film doesn't go very deep, it s always interesting and compassionate without feeling condescending.
A lovely and loving portrait of an under-known piece of a great city. It also captures the truly devastating effects of the 2008 financial collapse on working people an intimate way we rarely see. I wish it didn't tonally go just a little soft in the end.
It covers the hardships theses 'scrappers' faced with the 2008 financial collapse, when the value of scrap metal fell quickly from $200-$300 a ton to only $20.
These are likable, quirky, humanly flawed working men, doing arduous physical labor over longs days, and mostly doing it with pride and even a sense of quiet joy. If he film doesn't go very deep, it s always interesting and compassionate without feeling condescending.
A lovely and loving portrait of an under-known piece of a great city. It also captures the truly devastating effects of the 2008 financial collapse on working people an intimate way we rarely see. I wish it didn't tonally go just a little soft in the end.
