Fish Kill Flea (2007)

Directors:

Brian M. Cassidy
Aaron Hillis

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

A Eulogy for Shoppers by Shoppers

Plot:

Once thriving, a dead mall in upstate New York is now home to a ragtag flea market, living proof that the American Dream is in perpetual decay...

Plot Keywords:

Decay | Dead Mall | Flea Market | American Dream | Eccentric

Runtime:

USA:50 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Filming Locations:

Fishkill, New York, USA

Entertaining and Unusual film

Fish Kill Flea screened at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, TX. It is an entertaining and humorous film about the death of a beloved local flea market in the small town of Fish Kill, NY. This film is the example of how the process of cultural homogenization is killing off local color and local traditions to make room for more carbon copy malls and big box retailers (in this case, a Home Depot). The film is a warm tribute full of quirky and unusual local characters of a small town who make their living selling a little bit of everything. These film is really a warning about what happens when modernity collides with unique local institutions. Usually, the local people lack the wealth, connections, and organization to take on the big corporations and usually they lose. This film serves as an example of the types of communities and institutions that can be lost when that happens. Folks can learn a lot and get a few laughs from Fish Kill Flea.