BUNDY SOCIAL JUSTICE & LABOR FILM SERIES: WHO NEEDS SLEEP?

Who Needs Sleep?, Haskell Wexler’s 2006 documentary, draws attention to the outrageously long workdays that drive the film industry. In the American culture and economy, in which most workers spend more hours than they would like to or for which they are paid, workers in the film industry are particularly subject to unpredictable schedules and setbacks. Wexler’s film paints this picture through the death of assistant cameraman Brent Hershman, who fell asleep at the wheel on his way home from a 19-hour day on set, and died. The film examines the still ongoing grassroots effort Hershman’s death helped spur to limit hours in production.

The last installment of the Bundy’s “Seeds Beneath the Snow” series will start at 6:30pm on May 12th at the Bundy Annex Theatre behind the museum. Free admission and refreshments. The Bundy Museum is located at 127-129 Main St. in Binghamton. More info at bundymuseum.org.