Production Stills

Posted on April 14, 2012 by Staff

Photo stills from the filming of As Goes Janesville. Click on the thumbnail for a larger image.

: Angie Hodges gets a phone call while at work in Fort Wayne. Angie learns that her son, who still lives in Janesville, was in an accident.

: Angie Hodges does some touch ups on the body of a car. At the Janesville assembly plant Angie worked the radiator line.

: Angie Hodges uses some elbow grease to grind her way through day.

: Gayle Listenbee tightening some bolts on a vehicle as it passes through the assembly line. If she didn’t take the relocation to Fort Wayne she would most likely working at minimum wage.

: Gayle Listenbee working the assembly line in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Gayle will return to Janesville every weekend to capture only a few moments with her daughters as the finish their last years in school.

: The GM smoke stack. Almost four years it been out of commission. What will happen to the former assembly plant? As of right now no one knows.

: The court house amongst other building in Janesville on a brilliant autumn day.

: Mary Wilmer wears her ambassador of optimism, a catch phrase of the Rock County 5.0 initiative, hat to help motivate positive thinking, a key ingredient to revitalizing a community.

: Mary Wilmer and James Otterstein, both team members of the Rock County 5.0 initiative, discuss strategies to boost economic development to create a better future for Rock County.

: Mary Willmer puts on her hard hat and explores the developing ground of the new St. Mary’s hospital. The hospital means tremendous jobs for Rock County.

: Shine medical and Rock County 5.0 celebrate with a beer after finalizing the city council incentive plan for Shine to locate in Janesville.

: Gov. Scott Walker at the Forward Janesville dinner pointing to his slogan to invite business into the state of Wisconsin.

: Protestors swarm Wisconsin’s capitol in anger about Gov. Walker’s decision to end collective bargaining.

: Doug and Sarah Deegan skin a freshly harvested white tail deer. A tradition that translates to food on the table for the Deegan family.

: A symbolic photo showing the industry of farming and their support for Gov. Walker.

: Senator Tim Cullen tries to negotiate a deal with the republican party regarding collective bargaining while hiding from the public’s eye in Illinois.

: Senator Tim Cullen gives a speech about money and people at the return rally after going awol to Illinois.

: Senator Tim Cullen is welcomed back from Illinois by protestors after going awol for he deep concern with the elimination of collective bargaining.

: A pro Gov. Walker billboard infront of the empty Janesville assembly plant.

: A protest sign portraying Gov. Walker as a fascist dictator.

: A float in the Janesville Labor Day Parade expressing the need for quality jobs with decent wages.

: Angie Hodges retains her past at the GM assembly plant while fighting her inner struggle of leaving her only son for a relocation to Fort Wayne, Indiana.

: Cindy Deegan listens attentively at the Black Hawk Technical College knowing that graduation is a must to eventually secure financial stability.

: December 23rd, 2008 the last vehicle rolled off the assembly line initiating an epic decrease in a labor that changed the economic geography of Janesville.

: Janesville is an example of what is happening in small towns around the nation.

: Danielle Beverly and Nicole Docta film the GM assembly plant in Fort Wayne, IN where Gayle and Angie commute to work.

: Angela Hodges looks at the closed Janesville GM plant where she worked for 24 years.

: Brad and Nicole shoot various shots of the Janesville GM plant.

: Danielle Beverly and Nicole Docta get some exterior shots of the Fort Wayne Assembly Plant.

: Director Brad Lichtenstein’s view from the helicopter while getting aerial shots of the Janesville Assembly Plant.

: Producer Nicole Docta operates the camera during an interview outside of the GM plant in Janesville, WI.

: Director Brad Lichtenstein leads a story meeting with part of the Janesville crew.

: Danielle Beverly and Nicole Docta film Angie’s orientation at the Fort Wayne Assembly plant with 70 others transferring from Janesville.

: Danielle and Nicole film orientation at the GM assembly plant in Fort Wayne, IN where most of the workers are from out-of-state.

: Brad Lichtenstein and Nicole Docta film James Otterstein, the Rock County Economic Development Manager.

: Brad and Nicole look for some good shots outside of the closed Janesville GM plant.

: Brad Lichtenstein and Colin Sytsma film a scene where political journalist John Nichols suggests that Senator Tim Cullen should run for governor in the Recall election.

: Filmmakers Brad Lichtenstein and Nicole Docta set up for an interview for “As Goes Janesville” which took 3 years to make.

: Vice Presidential Candidate and Janesville native Paul Ryan holds an listening session at Craig High School to talk about his plan for health care reform.

: Matt Mixon and Nicole Docta film with Gayle Listenbee outside of the Janesville GM plant where she worked for 24 years.

: Brad and Nicole must wear Kevlar sleeves, eye shields, and vests so they don’t get injured while filming with Gayle and Angie in the Fort Wayne Assembly plant.

: Brad Lichtenstein and Nicole Docta interview Cindy Deegan outside of the old Alcoa plant in Beloit, WI where she worked for 13 years.