Film · 2010 · Documentary
Recycling the American Dream
Set within Chicago’s labyrinth of alleyways, Scrappers is a cinéma vérité portrait of Otis and Oscar—two scrap metal scavengers searching for a living with brains, brawn, and battered pickup trucks. The film elucidates how globalization, the 2008 financial crisis, crackdowns on undocumented immigrants, and widespread scrap metal theft affect these men and their families.
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Set within Chicago’s labyrinth of alleyways, Scrappers is a cinéma vérité portrait of Otis and Oscar—two scrap metal scavengers searching for a living with brains, brawn, and battered pickup trucks. The film elucidates how globalization, the 2008 financial crisis, crackdowns on undocumented immigrants, and widespread scrap metal theft affect these men and their families.
Scrappers (2010) is available to stream on Flicksy via 6 verified sources, aggregated from publicly available embed providers. The 1h 30m documentary directed by Brian Ashby is rated 5.8/10 by 4 viewers.
Scrappers was released on January 1, 2010.
Scrappers was directed by Brian Ashby.
Scrappers has a runtime of 90 minutes (1h 30m).
Scrappers is categorized as Documentary.
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