Nikki Dodd’s new documentary short shows how something as simple as plugging a fridge in on the street can, on a small scale, address hunger and reduce food waste at the same time. Watch here.
Dodd likened New York’s community fridges, which are often decorated with murals, to “public-art installations” that could alter people’s relationships with “public space, shared resources, and one another.”
One afternoon in May of 2020, Seantell Campbell dropped off a few loaves of bread at a fridge plugged in on the sidewalk, at a street corner near Morningside Park. Anyone could leave food in the fridge, and anyone could stop by to take something they needed. It had been placed there a few weeks earlier—one of many community fridges thatorganizers and other volunteers were installing around the city in an effort to address the spike in food insecurity caused by the pandemic.
Nikki Dodd, a filmmaker based in Brooklyn, met Campbell and Carter through a mutual friend in the summer of 2021. Dodd had watched the community-fridge movement gain momentum in New York, and was intrigued by how something as simple as plugging a fridge in on the street could, on a small scale, address hunger and reduce food waste at the same time. Dodd was also struck by the visual effect of the fridges themselves, which are often decorated with murals.
Community fridges have a tendency to disappear as quickly as they appear. They can be destroyed by bad weather or technical problems, or simply by the evaporating patience of the business owners who agree to let them be plugged in outside of their buildings. This summer, Campbell and Carter had to shut down their first fridge. The loss hasn’t slowed them down much. The second fridge is still operating, and Campbell estimates that up to a hundred people a day stop by.
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