Post Office: [JoAnn Elam] on 52 Logan / 7252 Original

Outtakes from JoAnn Elam's Everyday People, featuring footage of Elam as she delivers mail on her route in the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago. The footage was shot by Ruth Klassen and Chuck Kleinhans.; Everyday People is based on Elam's experiences as a letter carrier for the US Postal Service in Chicago, the various people she met while on the job, the political struggles they faced with the administration and the union, and larger issues related to the history of labor struggle and activism in the United States. It was never finished.

Credits

JoAnn Elam (filmmaker); Chuck Kleinhans (camera); JoAnn Elam (participant)

Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: JoAnn Elam Collection
Subjects: Laborers; United States Post Office; City and town life
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago > Logan Square
Cfa elements: Reversal Positives, 1,100 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/8223

Sources

  1. Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, video