seltzer works
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In the early 1900s thousands of seltzer deliverymen criss-crossed the nation, schlepping heavy glass bottles full of fizzy water to millions of thirsty customers. Today, with only a handful of deliverymen left in the country, the siphon machines at Gomberg Seltzer Works don't turn like they used to. Most of the old customers have passed on (or moved to Florida). But there are still bubbles being made by third-generation seltzer filler Kenny Gomberg. In Jessica Edwards' short documentary film Seltzer Works the last bottler in Brooklyn fends off the supermarket seltzer take-over and honors this simple drink's place in history.
Jessica Edwards has a broad background in the film industry as a director, producer and publicist. Edwards’ feature-length documentary, Mavis!, about soul music legend Mavis Staples, premiered on HBO in 2016, was released in over a dozen countries and won a Peabody Award in 2017. Her award-winning short documentary Seltzer Works premiered at SxSW and was broadcast on PBS in 2010. Her other documentaries including Tugs (2011), The Landfill (2012) and Slowerblack (2017) have screened at Sundance, SxSW, Hot Docs, Sheffield Doc/Fest, IDFA and many others. Jessica was named one of “10 Documakers To Watch” by Variety Magazine.
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