Film tells aftermath of steel mill closing

I was holding my breath that the Kickstarter campaign for Exit Zero would be successful. And it was!

It was only in the last days of the campaign to raise $15,000, which ended Aug. 13, that I stumbled upon it. Exit Zero examines deindustrialization in our country through the story of Christine Walley and her family when Wisconsin Steel shut down in 1980.

Deindustrialization is the official word for what happened on the Southeast Side as each of the area’s steel mills closed permanently. To me it’s when my childhood neighborhood fell apart, never to be restored to what it once was: a strong, vibrant community filled with jobs. Oh, there are still good people there, but the jobs are gone. When I heard about “Exit Zero,” I knew I need to see it.

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