“The Mailman’s Bag: 250 Miles Crossing Philadelphia” by Esther Polak, Ivar van Bekkum
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The Mailman’s Bag: 250 Miles Crossing Philadelphia
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2014
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The film follows a mailman’s bag during its daily routine. The bag becomes the protagonist. The recording engages the real-life moment to moment activity of mail delivery and charts the interactions between humans (postman and citizen) and objects (mail and mailbox).
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