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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.44,0:00:05.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Along the ancient path\Nof the Monongahela River,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.22,0:00:10.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Braddock, Pennsylvania, sits\Nin the eastern region of Allegheny County,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.98,0:00:15.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,approximately nine miles\Noutside of Pittsburgh.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.49,0:00:18.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An industrial suburb,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.83,0:00:22.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Braddock is home\Nto Andrew Carnegie's first steel mill,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.57,0:00:24.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Edgar Thomson Works.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.01,0:00:27.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Operating since 1875,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.56,0:00:32.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is the last functioning\Nsteel mill in the region.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.39,0:00:38.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For 12 years, I have produced\Ncollaborative portraits,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.10,0:00:42.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still lives, landscapes, and aerial views
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.37,0:00:47.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to build a visual archive\Nto address the intersection
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.72,0:00:49.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the steel industry,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.57,0:00:51.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the environment,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.43,0:00:58.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the health care system's impact\Non the bodies of my family and community.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.28,0:01:02.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The tradition and grand\Nnarrative of Braddock
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.64,0:01:08.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is mostly comprised of stories\Nof industrialists and trade unions.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.73,0:01:13.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Currently, the new narrative\Nabout Braddock,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.03,0:01:16.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a poster child for Rust Belt\Nrevitalization,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.56,0:01:21.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a story of urban pioneers\Ndiscovering a new frontier.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.74,0:01:28.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mass media has omitted the fact\Nthat Braddock is predominantly black.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.07,0:01:34.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our existence has been co-opted,\Nsilenced, and erased.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.73,0:01:39.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fourth generation in a lineage of women,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.97,0:01:44.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was raised under the protection\Nand care of Grandma Ruby,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.66,0:01:49.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,off 8th Street\Nat 805 Washington Avenue.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.56,0:01:54.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She worked as a manager for Goodwill.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.02,0:01:56.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mom was a nurse's aid.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.81,0:02:03.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She watched the steel mills close\Nand white flight to suburban developments.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.71,0:02:07.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the time my generation\Nwalked the streets,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.33,0:02:12.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disinvestment at the local,\Nstate, and federal level
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.59,0:02:14.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eroded infrastructure,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.48,0:02:20.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the War on Drugs\Ndismantled my family and community.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.89,0:02:24.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Grandma Ruby's stepfather Gramps
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.30,0:02:28.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was one of a few black men to retire\Nfrom Carnegie's mill with his pension.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.99,0:02:31.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He worked in high temperatures,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.20,0:02:36.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tearing down and rebuilding furnaces,\Ncleaning up spilt metal and slag.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.59,0:02:44.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The history of a place is written\Non the body and the landscape.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.77,0:02:48.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Areas of heavy truck traffic,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.24,0:02:52.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exposure to benzene and atomized metals,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.61,0:02:55.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,risk cancer and lupus.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.39,0:03:03.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,123 licensed beds, 652 employees:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.85,0:03:08.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rehabilitation programs, decimated.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.49,0:03:15.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A housing discrimination lawsuit\Nagainst Allegheny County
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.36,0:03:21.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,removed where the projects\NTalbot Towers once stood.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.22,0:03:26.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Recent rezoning for more light industry\Nhas since appeared.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.57,0:03:33.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Google Maps and Google Earth pixellations\Nconceal the flammable waste
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.60,0:03:38.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being used to squeeze the Bunn Family\Noff their home and land.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.53,0:03:45.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2013, I chartered a helicopter
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.54,0:03:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with my cameras to document\Nthis aggressive dispossession.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.37,0:03:58.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In flight, my observation reveals\Nthousands of plastic white bundles
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.25,0:04:01.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,owned by a conservation industry
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.73,0:04:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that claims it's eco-friendly
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.98,0:04:06.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and recycles millions of tires
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.70,0:04:09.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to preserve people's lives
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.48,0:04:12.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to improve people's lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.50,0:04:18.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My work spirals from the micro\Nto the macro level,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.46,0:04:21.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,excavating hidden histories.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.69,0:04:24.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Recently, at the Seattle Art Museum,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.20,0:04:28.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isaac Bunn and I mounted this exhibition,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.17,0:04:34.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the exhibition was used\Nas a platform to launch his voice.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.13,0:04:37.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Through reclamation of our narrative,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.82,0:04:43.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we will continue to fight historic erasure\Nand socioeconomic inequality.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.18,0:04:46.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.37,0:04:50.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)