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Accepted Paper:
Mill Stories: Remembering Sparrows Point Steel Mill
William Shewbridge
(University of Maryland, Baltimore County)
Michelle Stefano
(Maryland State Arts Council)
Paper short abstract:
Mill Stories: Remembering Sparrows Point Steel Mill
Paper long abstract:
Directors: William Shewbridge, Michelle Stefano
Runtime in minutes: 36
Year of production: 2015
Location: Baltimore, MD
After 125 years of operation, the Sparrows Point Steel Mill in Baltimore, Maryland closed forever in 2012. "Mill Stories" presents a collection of personal stories based on over 30 ethnographic interviews collected at the time on the mill's closing. The documentary examines the importance of the mill from the perspectives of former workers while connecting these distinctive experiences to the larger narrative of American industrial boom and bust. These memories and stories are framed as living heritage. It is the intangible that lives on in the hearts and minds of those who know it best.