The lifecycle of one city's trash is traced through its streets, waterways, and social infrastructures. Combining CCTV surveillance footage, subterranean sewer cams, and vignettes of the people working to keep their city clean, In Excess follows the flow of trash out of Philadelphia and onto a surprising global journey. Illuminating the unseen workers who play a crucial role in keeping a city running on a daily basis, this observational documentary reveals the hidden ecosystems of waste management and the inevitable ways that trash resurfaces long after we’ve tossed it out of our minds.
East Coast premiere. Post-screening conversation with director Melissa Langer and producer Nora Wilkinson.
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