Millworker The Documentary
Student actors in the CCCC theater production of Millworker
Left to right: Meredith Leroy, Zak Norris, Ranae Wilson and Amy Brooks
Millworker The Documentary chronicles the creation and year-long production of the play, Millworker™ written by Ellen Bland and Drew Lasater in 2003 and directed by Ellen Bland. An intended one-time performance by community college students and local musicians turned into a year-long odyssey that changed the lives of the cast and won the hearts of critics and audiences across the state. Millworker The Documentary explores on film how this raw and magical theatre production about cotton mill workers in the Depression era not only made audiences cheer and weep but connected its actors and community to their past.
Local musicians and singers contributed their time and talents to the Millworker "Radio Show,"
featuring folk music from the Depression era