A Steady Grind: Another American Family Portrait (2004)

"A Steady Grind: Another American Family Portrait" is a portrait of a grandmother's life as she heads the family's 53-year-old junkyard business in Chester, Pennsylvania. As she falls further into tax debt and ill health, Eloyse Kereszi comes to terms with the loss of her husband and sons, and is faced with the decision to sell the junkyard. Through the documentary and memoir film forms, the filmmaker explores matriarchy as her grandmother looks back on her life and negotiates the sale of the family business.