WORK

WORK is a series of short film portraits of workers in Washington State that capture the meaning of work in their lives and the challenges they face in getting through each day safely. 

Intimate cinematic portraits of everyday people, the WORK films are inspired by groundbreaking photo essays of the mid 20th century, including W. Eugene Smith’s “Country Doctor,” Robert Frank’s “The Americans,” and Earl Dotter’s workplace images——all of which, in their day, transformed public awareness.

Contemporary and urgent, WORK offers a robust tapestry of the radically changed American workplace and what it means to be an American worker in the 21st century. 

WORK is a collaboration between the Washington State Labor Council and the film/performance company CABULA6, with funding and support provided through a grant from the Safety and Health Investment Projects program at the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries.