Set in the near future, a family-owned hosiery company rents out part of its factory space to avoid further employee layoffs and possible foreclosure. Amidst the haze of dire economic times, things take a turn for the better when their storage ad is answered and a startup company rents a large vacant space in the warehouse. Strange boxes begin flooding in at unpredictable times and in large volumes.
The warehouse crew, a tight-knit group of misfits, become annoyed at the erratic nature of the workflow. Questions circulate and the foreman eventually gets into an altercation with the manager, Helena, an older, stern and moody woman who yells from a megaphone in her office. Helena warns the foreman about what would happen to her employees if the company closed – they are too much at odds with the state structure. No one will give them work.
Discontent spreads throughout the staff; at night they play archery in the warehouse aisles and smoke and speculate as to what is happening with the influx of boxes. One night during a game of archery an arrow sails into Aisle 9 where the new tenant's boxes are stored. Intoxicated and with their interest piqued, they open the tenant’s boxes and find that they are full of government censored material.
Apprehensive, the foreman drags over a monitor for them to watch the censored material and they dread what kind of political atrocity they might see. Much to their surprise the censored material is that of everyday civilian life – media which contains specific love songs; handwritten notes and letter which have been banned. At night the staff slowly begin to turn Aisle 9 into viewing stations where they take in the media and memories pass through the screen.
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