Maintenance Artist (2025)

Directed by Toby Perl Freilich

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What happens when art meets trash? Maintenance Artist profiles pioneering public artist Mierle Laderman Ukeles — the first artist-in-residence at NYC’s Department of Sanitation.

Genre: Documentary

Language: en

Production

Cinematographers: Vanessa Carr, Roger Grange, Uriel Sinai · Composers: Olivier Manchon, Clare Manchon · Editor: Anne Alvergue

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