Scrappers Premieres Today

By Sean Stillmaker in Arts & Entertainment on Jun 27, 2010 2:30PM

Some people work in cubicles from nine to five, others spend 14 hours riding in a pickup truck scouring Chicago for scrap metal. Scrappers is a documentary making its world premiere today at the 17th annual Chicago Underground Film Festival at the Gene Siskel Film Center. The film follows Oscar and Otis on their job through Chicago's labyrinth of alleys. Oscar is an immigrant from Honduras picking scrap to provide for his family. Otis is a 73 year old South Side native working to provide for his 12 kids. The film takes an intimate look into the families, the subculture and how the business is impacted by external forces. The directors Brian Ashby, Ben Kolak and Courtney Prokopas will be present for an audience discussion after today's screening at 4:45 p.m. It will also be shown again on July 1 at 8:00 p.m.

Scrappers Trailer from scrap movie on Vimeo.