Filmmaker Statement

"Order for Pickup" was produced through Season 3 of Hillman Grad + Indeed.com's "Rising Voices" initiative. The fellowship challenged me and my cohort to each write and direct films exploring the "future of work." The future of work includes challenging and dismantling an unsustainable system. As collective growth occurred during the pandemic, many redefined their relationship to capitalism, consumption, and the concept of work. A general sentiment emerged: we cannot be defined by our jobs. “Order for Pickup” aims to explore this relationship to an extreme–what happens when only work defines us? The short introduces a woman who has lost sight of life beyond her job, but also attempts to offer her catharsis. Often, when in a toxic rhythm, we need to rescue ourselves only after we really see how grim things have gotten.