After failing to enroll in art classes that required too many prerequisites, Millie joined her brother in the factory.
The two met at work, a paper box manufacturer where Millie did accounting and Mort designed packaging.
Millie ultimately studied architecture, but the school's Bauhaus inspired environment encouraged her to experiment with different materials, mediums and machines.
It is here where she was first introduced to filmmaking, and where she developed a lifelong connection to László Moholy-Nagy's vision of industry, art and design.
Millie compared the studio to a beehive, but noted the proximity led to collaborations and experiments that wouldn't have happened any other way.
“We are involved here in every step of the film process, from idea to imagery,” Millie told Rhodes Patterson shortly after moving in, “and we find this maintains the integrity of the concept.
It is not so much in the components of the film structure that its art resides, but rather in relationships, interaction and transitions that it assumes its significance.
This short film looks at a study of an unconventional, young boy who is temporarily persuaded to accept others' viewpoints as his own.