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Who cleans up when the party’s over? A portrait of a radical artist who turns her gaze toward the work that usually remains unseen. In collaboration with the New York City Department of Sanitation, Mierle Laderman Ukeles combines art with garbage collection, transforming maintenance into a creative practice. Archival material and a playful visual language trace her performative approach and ecofeminist thinking. The result is a vivid portrait of care as a political act—and of the everyday power that holds our society together.
- Year2025
- Runtime95 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Japanese
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereGerman Premiere
- RatingFSK not rated
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- DirectorToby Perl Freilich
- ProducerJudith Mizrachy
Who cleans up when the party’s over? A portrait of a radical artist who turns her gaze toward the work that usually remains unseen. In collaboration with the New York City Department of Sanitation, Mierle Laderman Ukeles combines art with garbage collection, transforming maintenance into a creative practice. Archival material and a playful visual language trace her performative approach and ecofeminist thinking. The result is a vivid portrait of care as a political act—and of the everyday power that holds our society together.
- Year2025
- Runtime95 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Japanese
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereGerman Premiere
- RatingFSK not rated
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- DirectorToby Perl Freilich
- ProducerJudith Mizrachy