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[Postal Workers’ Washington DC Protest]
JoAnn Elam Collection
[Postal Workers’ Washington DC Protest]

In this footage, JoAnn Elam follows postal workers during the protest that their unions organized in Washington DC around 1978. Elam also films a p...
Letters & Dishes
JoAnn Elam Collection
Letters & Dishes

Elam’s “Letters and Dishes” consists of two main sections. The initial sequence opens on white letters strewn about other clutter. The camera, mirr...
Everyday People Workprint
JoAnn Elam Collection
Everyday People Workprint

Footage from JoAnn Elam's unfinished film Everyday People. Much of the footage can be seen in the film's roug...
Post Office: C1
JoAnn Elam Collection
Post Office: C1

Footage from JoAnn Elam's unfinished film Everyday People, focusing on United States Postal Service workers sorting mail. Some of the footag...
Post Office: S8 Blow-Up Test
JoAnn Elam Collection
Post Office: S8 Blow-Up Test

Super 8mm footage of a postal workers demonstration in Washington, D.C., optically printed to 16mm with a strobing effect.
[Postal Service]
JoAnn Elam Collection
[Postal Service]

Professionally-shot outtakes of United States Postal Service employees sorting mail onto and from conveyor belts. Occasional slates appearing betwe...
Post Office: [JoAnn] 7252 Original
JoAnn Elam Collection
Post Office: [JoAnn] 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 o...
Post Office Demonstration 7/12/78
JoAnn Elam Collection
Post Office Demonstration 7/12/78

JoAnn Elam (herself a mail carrier in Chicago) marches with and interviews members of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) as they pi...
Post Office Demonstration 7/12/78
JoAnn Elam Collection
Post Office Demonstration 7/12/78

JoAnn Elam (herself a mail carrier in Chicago) marches with and interviews members of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) as they pi...
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JoAnn Elam Collection
Post Office: Everyday People

JoAnn Elam's unfinished project, EVERYDAY PEOPLE (filmed from 1979 to 1990), is based on her experiences as a letter carrier for the US Postal Serv...
Everyday People (Rough Cut)
JoAnn Elam Collection
Everyday People (Rough Cut)

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 ...