(in production)

Dirty Days in Fun City unearths the overlooked 1968 New York sanitation strike — a pivotal labor action that helped inspire the Black-led uprising in Memphis, where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated demanding dignity for workers. Centered in New York but spanning both cities, the film traces the entwined histories of labor and waste to reveal how race, class, and power determine who — and what — gets discarded.

Role: Producer
Directors: Elana Meyers & Katie Heiserman
Producers: Martha Gregory
Supported by:  BRICLab TV + Film Residency, Ji.hlava New Visions Forum, the Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest, and New York State Council on the Arts [NYSCA], Tribeca Creators Market

Fiscally Sponsored by Union Docs.