Canners

Name: Canners
Genre: Documentary
Released: March 10, 2017
Duration: 78 min
Rating: 72

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| Release Date: March 10, 2017 | Not Rated

Summary: In New York City, as elsewhere in the United States, thousands of men and women collect discarded cans and bottles for their nickel deposit. From the time garbage bags appear on sidewalks, to the time the bottles and cans are cashed in at redemption centers and supermarkets the “canners” are at work—often for a good part of the day andIn New York City, as elsewhere in the United States, thousands of men and women collect discarded cans and bottles for their nickel deposit. From the time garbage bags appear on sidewalks, to the time the bottles and cans are cashed in at redemption centers and supermarkets the “canners” are at work—often for a good part of the day and night. Redemption centers are few and far between. Supermarkets are often uncooperative, so several must be visited. Canners often need to walk miles to unload their gleanings.… Expand

Director: Manfred Kirchheimer

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 78 min

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A.O. Scott

Mar 9, 2017

Canners is a testament to its director’s indefatigable humanism, and to the human beings who feed it. The movie follows the money, a nickel at a time, and discovers something far more valuable. Read full review

Michael J. Agovino

Mar 9, 2017

This film shows that canners (he interviews 18 of them, from different backgrounds) are industrious, resourceful and hardworking. Read full review

John DeFore

Mar 13, 2017

Frank about economic realities but far from a downer, this curious and humanistic doc is sure to alter the way city-dwellers look at those who linger around trash cans Read full review

Clayton Dillard

Mar 6, 2017

Canners plays a bit too infatuated with its subjects and for reasons not wholly clear by the film's end. Read full review

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