Leather Soul Opening Sequence

Opening sequence from the 1991 documentary "Leather Soul: Working for a Life in a Factory Town" (DVDs available at http://www.zingerplatz.com). Narrated by Studs Terkel, the film is a video and oral history of life in Peabody, Massachusetts - one the largest producer of leather in the world. By the time the documentary was produced there were only a handful of leather tanneries left in Peabody and the city had re-invented itself around industrial parks full of high-tecjh industry, factories converted to condos and shopping malls. The film documents the life and work experiences of leather workers and the changes in quality of life as factories closed.

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Education

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• Peabody
• Leather
• Soul
• Tannery
• Studs Terkel
• Massachusetts
• Working
• Cultrera
• Quinn