The Last Saw Shop

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The Last Saw Shop

In a rapidly consolidating industry, 83 year old Carra Blythe holds on to her logging supply shop, a pillar of her Northeast Mississippi community for over 40 years.

The Last Saw Shop explores the lives of forest workers in Northeast Mississippi. Through live-action and paper collage animation, the film reflects on the rise of the forestry sector in what was once row-crop farmland. Central to the film is Carra Jo Blythe, an 83 year old woman who sells logging equipment and chainsaw parts from a shop next to her home.

Project website: https://thelastsawshop.com/

Instagram: @karson_art

Director | Karson Schenk
Producer| Rebecca Louise Carter
Director of Photography | Justin Feltman