Slab City: Reel 064
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- Description
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With Mary Buchanan at post office in Niland as she waits for her Social Security check on sidewalk during interview; Mary is photogenic in red dress. Close up of Niland Tomato Festival sign. Talk with John Gentry tends to be dark video; Mary is interesting in that this is one of few tapes which documents Niland and the buildings in town away from the Slabs.
- Creation Date
- February, 1990
- Filmmakers
- Physical Description
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videotape; 17 minutes, 30 seconds
- Geographics
- Genres
- Topics
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- Alternative lifestyles
- Assistance
- Cafés (restaurants)
- Campgrounds
- Camping trailers
- Children (people by age group)
- Concrete slabs
- Deserts
- Elderly
- Foundations (structural elements)
- Interviews
- Military camps
- Post offices
- Post-office boxes
- Retirees
- Signs (declaratory or advertising artifacts)
- Social security beneficiaries
- Cartographics
Point: 33.257928,-115.462354
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- Language
- English
- Identifier
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Shared Shelf: 3716442
- Classification
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Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art
Humanities and Social Sciences
- Rights Holders
- Greg Durbin
- Sherman George
- Copyright
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Under copyright (US)
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- Last Modified
2021-09-29