When Nothing Turns Out the Way We Would Ever Expect

Mixed with found hums from a used voice recorder, a furniture repair and vintage store-owner recollects his father's diversions, weaknesses, and love for people.

2015 / Meheriet Fesseha and Gaelin Monkman-Kotz / TCF, US

Mixed with found hums from a used voice recorder, a furniture repair and vintage store-owner recollects his father's diversions, weaknesses, and love for people.


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Meheriet Fesseha and Gaelin Monkman-Kotz

Raised by a family of storytellers, Meheriet Fesseha has been listening her entire life. Odd jobs are paychecks; great stories are what she lives for. Gaelin Monkman-Kotz is from a family of hoarders, and documents what she would rather not collect. They record The Odd Jobs Report.


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