Living Off the Land

Duration: 12:00

Year Published: 1968

Creator: Bruce Davidson

Complete Record: A documentary about a father and son who cling grimly to existence by scavenging garbage dumps for scrap metal, enduring hardship and surviving in a hostile environment with courage and humor. Depicts poverty in the rural life of a family (”white trash”) . In one scene, the kids jump in the back of daddy’s pickup truck and drive to the Statue of Liberty. POV view from the viewing platform up inside the Statue of Liberty. Father and son huddle around a garbage fire at dusk.