The Elevator Operator (Clip)

A one and a half minute excerpt from the 8 minute documentary, The Elevator Operator. The Elevator Operator is a meditation on the simultaneous power and futility of hope. Eugene Sheiman runs a manual elevator in a New York City office building, trapped in his six by six foot cage. We discover that Eugene, a Ukrainian Immigrant, was a journalist in Kiev and has published a novel in Russian. Now that hes an American citizen, The Elevator Operator reveals his big dream.