3m; U.S.
Director: American Federation of Teachers
Synopsis: Documentary on Margaret Haley and the origins of American Federation of Teachers in Chicago, circa 1917.
Category Archives: Education
Ten Dollars an Hour
The story of an African-American cook working at an all-white fraternity house at the University of Mississippi.
Ten Dollars an Hour (Full Movie: 15m)
The Union Song (2010)
3m; Canada
Director: Daniel Fewings
Synopsis: A short video containing a bluegrass song about how all members of the education community work together to keep the public school system strong.
This Is Just The Start (2009)
4m; U.K.
Director: Gary Williams
Synopsis: On 10th October 2009, UNISON organizers met with Chartwell’s (Compass Group plc) Sheffield City school catering staff with the aim of starting to get organized and win their proper pay and conditions.
Contact: G.Williams@unison.co.uk
Together We’re Stronger (2008)
Director: Claire Harbage
Synopsis: Personal accounts of UCSC (CA) workers and their roles in union struggle. Work in progress; mostly of local interest.
Contact: Claire Harbage charbage@ucsc.edu
USA vs Al-Arian (2007)
52m; U.S.
Director: Line Halvorsen
Synopsis: University Professor Sami Al-Arian targeted by US after 9/11
Un Poquito de Tanta Verdad (2007)
93m; Mexico
Director: Jill Friedberg
Synopsis: People of Oaxaca take the media into their own hands in support of the teachers’ strike.
Uncommon Knowledge (2006)
28m; U.S.
Director: Eliza Hemenway
Synopsis: Privatization at UC San Francisco.
The Way We Laughed (Così ridevano) [1998]
124m; Italy
Director: Gianni Amelio
Cast: Francesco Giuffrida, Enrico Lo Verso and Rosaria Danzè
Synopsis (IMDB): Turin at the end of the fifties: two brothers have emigrated there from Sicily and the older works very hard to let the younger study and free himself from poverty through culture. The boy however is not keen on school and would like to begin to work. When after some time he gets his degree however things take a violent and dramatic turn
