Directed by Jaimz Asmundson, Karen Asmundson

Synopsis: Found audio of concerned citizen(s) rallying to prevent the nuisance of new trees scheduled to be planted on their block in the 1980s.

Distribution Contact: WFG

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RUNTIME: 4 Minutes
GENRE: Documentary, Comedy
PRODUCTION FORMAT: Super 8mm
LANGUAGE: English
LOCATION: Manitoba
KEYWORDS: Appropriation, Answering Machine, Found Footage, Tree

Director's Statement: Do not mention the City of Winnipeg in any press.

Following the tragic death of Gerry Kuta, the head of the dutch elm disease department at the City of Winnipeg, Karen Asmundson inherited the job and his office full of 30 years of his own files and junk. Among the mess was an unlabeled answering machine tape that contained only 5 messages from a person who called in as different personas in order to deter the planting of basswood trees on his block.