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...
Elam’s “Letters and Dishes” consists of two main sections. The initial sequence opens on white letters strewn about other clutter. The camera, mirr...
Footage from JoAnn Elam's unfinished film Everyday People. Much of the footage can be seen in the film's roug...
Footage from JoAnn Elam's unfinished film Everyday People, focusing on United States Postal Service workers sorting mail. Some of the footag...
Super 8mm footage of a postal workers demonstration in Washington, D.C., optically printed to 16mm with a strobing effect.
Professionally-shot outtakes of United States Postal Service employees sorting mail onto and from conveyor belts. Occasional slates appearing betwe...
Outtakes from JoAnn Elam's Everyday People, featuring footage of Elam as she delivers mail on her route in the Logan Square neighborhood o...
JoAnn Elam (herself a mail carrier in Chicago) marches with and interviews members of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) as they pi...
JoAnn Elam (herself a mail carrier in Chicago) marches with and interviews members of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) as they pi...
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 is based on Elam's experiences as a letter carrier for the US Postal Service in Chicago, the various people she met while ...