INT. CAR. GARMIN is having a bad day--must be the rain!
The further you get from the Central City the more obvious it becomes that much of the day-to-day living we engage in is dependent upon 18 wheels. "Transformers", recycled steel, rubber, ceramics; car parts, flowers, boats, "processed fuel" and petroleum products, peat, milk, bricks, horses, aluminum, wire, "fresh fruit", "seafood", pipes, pre-fabbed homes, "wax", backhoes, lumber, US Army Hummers---hauled by tractor trailers too numerous to count.
And when you look beyond the easily recognized carriers, the side panels reveal something quite interesting--Case Paper, Evergreen, Metropolitan, Cooper Powers, SouthWick, Barr-Run, Freight Master, Rozy Shack, Xtra, Swift, Speedy, Equity, Ceva, BRC, LKQ, GT, GTS, RLS, ASE, NEMF, GFI, Epes, Edge, New Century, Anchor, C&C, Synergy, Federal, Mogul, Cordall, Yang Ming, Clear Harbors, Digmans's, Forward Air, Prime, Jack & Jill, OBloom, Baldor...
Hard to tell if these are large or small companies but they have people and materials on the road. They are going about their business; keeping things flowing thru a densely intertwined network of goods exchanged and services provided--fundamental to how we construct (and maintain) our lives. And--like the documentaries in the American Documentary Showcase, these 18 wheelers can show us a portrait of not only who we are but what we are up to, and where we want to go.....
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