Morristown: in the air and sun
a film by Anne Lewis
documentary 59:40 min.
“Brings the complex issue of globalization down to its human level — where workers on both sides of the border, men and women, struggle to survive. In the film, the workers speak from the heart, whether in Spanish or English, and while there is poignancy in their stories, there is also inspiration as they challenge corporate power in cross-cultural solidarity.”
– Howard Zinn, author of A People’s History of the United States
“exceptional… a great glimpse of the transformation of east Tennessee.”
– Larry Cohen, President of the Communication Workers of America (CWA)
Morristown: in the air and sun is a working class response to globalization. It engages the audience in the issues of immigration, factory flight, and the organized demand for economic justice.
Filmed over an 8-year period in the mountains of east Tennessee, interior Mexico, and Ciudad Juarez, Morristown: in the air and sun is rooted in the authentic expression of workers who speak about their lives, work, disappointments, and hope. These conversations are combined with scenes in factories, fields, union halls, Mexican stores, city parks, and employment agencies. The documentary travels to the U.S.-Mexican border (El Paso – Juarez) to create deeper understanding of factory flight out of Morristown, and to interior Mexico to look at the forces that cause immigration. Morristown ends with a stunning union victory at a large poultry processing plant in Morristown, Tennessee.
