SYNOPSIS Tupperware USA, 2004, 60 mins., English, DVD Documentary Director/Producer/Writer: Laurie Kahn-Leavitt Tupperware tells the remarkable story of Earl Silas Tupper, an ambitious but reclusive small-town inventor, and Brownie Wise, the self-taught sales-woman who built him an empire out of bowls that burped. Brownie was an intuitive marketing genius who trained a small army of Tupperware Ladies to put on Tupperware parties in living rooms across America in the 1950s.She rewarded her sales force with minks and modern appliances at extravagant annual jubilees which the company filmed. Her saleswomen earned thousands, even millions, selling Tupperware. And the experience changed their lives. The film includes rare footage collected from basements, attics, and back rooms: color home movies taken by Tupperware Ladies and Jubilee footage shot by Tupperware Home Parties, as well as ads and television excerpts from the period. The footage is interwoven with fabulous and funny stories told by Tupperware Ladies who witnessed the company’s early years. Laurie Kahn-Leavitt's independent film company, Blueberry Hill Productions, was founded in 1992. During the 1980s and early 1990s, she worked on many award-winning documentary series, including AMERICAN EXPERIENCE (Senior Associate Producer), Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years 1954-1965 (Senior Researcher), and Frontline Special Report: Crisis in Central America (Assistant Producer). Before working in film, she worked in radio for NPR’s evening news program All Things Considered. She has also edited books for MIT Press, written film reviews for the Times Literary Supplement and Time Out, and taught philosophy at Harvard and Tufts. Laurie Kahn-Leavitt The Tupperware Film Blueberry Hill Productions 112 Bailey Road Watertown, MA 02472