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*Pre-sales only - orders to be fulfilled starting September 2026
[Watch the trailer &/or view full credit listings]
Director: Melissa Langer
A gritty dive into the lifecycle of one city's trash, traced through its streets, sewers, waterways and social infrastructures.
In the roiling Anthropocene, the negative image of abundance is waste. Where does it all go? An observational essay on our systems of disposal interwoven with eerily fascinating found footage views, IN EXCESS interrogates labor, infrastructure, and consumption in America. It is also a ghost story, not just of the afterlives of our things, but of a trash-laden ship lost without port.
Combining CCTV surveillance footage, subterranean sewer cams, and vignettes of the people working to keep their city clean, IN EXCESS follows the flow of trash out of Philadelphia and onto a surprising global journey, revealing the hidden ecosystems of waste management and the inevitable ways that trash resurfaces long after we’ve tossed it away.
WHAT’S ON THE DRIVE
+A file of this rad film!
+The SU26 Collection Shorts Package x Shadow Kitchen
+Our digital catalog
+Bonus features coming soon
*Pre-sales only - orders to be fulfilled starting September 2026
[Watch the trailer &/or view full credit listings]
Director: Melissa Langer
A gritty dive into the lifecycle of one city's trash, traced through its streets, sewers, waterways and social infrastructures.
In the roiling Anthropocene, the negative image of abundance is waste. Where does it all go? An observational essay on our systems of disposal interwoven with eerily fascinating found footage views, IN EXCESS interrogates labor, infrastructure, and consumption in America. It is also a ghost story, not just of the afterlives of our things, but of a trash-laden ship lost without port.
Combining CCTV surveillance footage, subterranean sewer cams, and vignettes of the people working to keep their city clean, IN EXCESS follows the flow of trash out of Philadelphia and onto a surprising global journey, revealing the hidden ecosystems of waste management and the inevitable ways that trash resurfaces long after we’ve tossed it away.
WHAT’S ON THE DRIVE
+A file of this rad film!
+The SU26 Collection Shorts Package x Shadow Kitchen
+Our digital catalog
+Bonus features coming soon
