Ben Hamper's "Tales from the Assembly Line"
Hamper's funny first-person account of working in GM's auto factory is "Rivethead: Tales from the Assembly Line." He is a third generation auto worker in Flint, Michigan. He first started writing when he submitted articles to the alternative newspaper, "The Flint Voice." The editor then was Michael Moore, who made the documentary "Roger and Me." Hamper appeared in Moore's documentary and also in the short lived TV program "TV Nation." In 1995 he appeared in "Canandian Bacon," a film starring John Candy. He now lives in Sutton's Bay, MI. (Rebroadcast, originally aired 8/09/91.)
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