Contact the filmmakers:
Jonathan King, jonathanrk@hotmail.com
Michael Hamm, hammstyle@gmail.com

a film by Jonathan King, Michael Hamm, and Daniela Rusnokova

Race To The Bottom is a twenty-minute film about truck drivers working at the Port of Oakland, where over 2,000 independent truck drivers operate every day. The film gives us a look into the lives of the drivers, as told by three men, Abdul, Lorenzo, and Porfirio. From inside of their cabs we learn about their struggles to earn a living wage, support their families, and stay healthy as they do their jobs, transporting goods in and out of the Port.

The truck drivers and their families are not the only ones who suffer from the broken system at the Port of Oakland. The community of West Oakland, which has an asthma rate of 1 in 5 children, pays an unfair cost with their health for the industry to operate.

The Coalition for Clean and Safe Ports, an alliance of environmental, labor, faith-based, community, and public health organizations, is fighting to give drivers a voice that has been unspoken for decades. Race To The Bottom tells the stories of truck drivers and community members as they come together with the Coalition to make their voices heard.