Trash Dance Still - Night Performance. Courtesy of Andrew Garrison
Trash Dance Still - Performers and Choreographer Allison Orr Take a Bow. Courtesy of Andrew Garrison.
Trash Dance Still - Performance with Cans. Courtesy of Andrew Garrison.
Trash Dance Still – Choreographer Allison Orr. Photo by Amitava Sarkar. Courtesy of Forklift Danceworks.
Trash Dance Still - Crowd After Show. Courtesy of Andrew Garrison.
Trash Dance Still - Crane Operator Don Anderson Rehearsing. Courtesy of Andrew Garrison.
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68 mins / 5.1 Stereo Surround / Closed Captions
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“Magical” – NEW YORK TIMES
“Sublime…A small miracle” – WASHINGTON POST
“Unbelievable, incredibly beautiful and moving” – BLACKBOOK MAGAZINE
“Captures the human spirit of dance” – HOUSTON CHRONICLE
“Illuminates the reality that all work matters and has dignity, no matter the invisibility of the labor” – AUSTIN-AMERICAN STATESMAN

Best Documentary, 2012 SILVERDOCS Audience Award
Best Documentary, 2012 FULL FRAME Audience Award
Special Jury Recognition, 2012 SXSW FILM FESTIVAL

Choreographer Allison Orr finds beauty and grace in garbage trucks, and in the unseen men and women who pick up our trash. Filmmaker Andrew Garrison follows Orr as she rides along with Austin sanitation workers on their daily routes to observe and later convince them to perform a most unlikely spectacle. On an abandoned airport runway, two dozen trash collectors and their trucks deliver — for one night only — a stunningly beautiful and moving performance, in front of an audience of thousands, who are awed to discover how in the world a garbage truck can “dance.”

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