Tucson Salvage

The documentary Tucson Salvage is a meditation on five humans living on the margins and below the poverty line in Tucson, Arizona. All five individuals—man, woman and trans—have suffered at the hands of traditional society and have had to escape the mental or physical imprisonment of their bodies, their attitudes and their spirits. Many are literal ex-cons, recovered junkies, but none are passive victims. First-time director Maggie Smith has created an intimate, unflinching look at stories rarely seen on the big screen—as much about fighting as suffering, transcending as falling prey to their own pain. Gritty, raw and emotionally challenging, TUCSON SALVAGE brings you close to people not usually seen or valued in society, and in doing so, holds a mirror to us all.