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New in Town (2009)

06 Nov

97m; US
Director: Jonas Elmer
Writers: Ken Rance, C. Jay Cox
Stars: Renée Zellweger, Harry Connick Jr. and Siobhan Fallon

A high-powered consultant (Renée Zellweger) in love with her upscale Miami lifestyle is sent to New Ulm, Minnesota, to oversee the restructuring of a blue collar manufacturing plant. After enduring a frosty reception from the locals, icy roads and freezing weather, she warms up to the small town’s charm, and eventually finds herself being accepted by the community. When she’s ordered to close down the plant and put the entire community out of work, she’s forced to reconsider her goals and priorities, and finds a way to save the town.

 

 
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Posted by on November 6, 2011 in Comedy, Romance, Women, Working Class

 

Rosie the Riveter (1944)

06 Nov

75m; US
Director: Joseph Santley
Writers: Dorothy Curnow Handley (story), Jack Townley (screenplay), and 1 more credit »
Stars: Jane Frazee, Frank Albertson and Barbara Jo Allen

In wartime 1944 in California,defense plant workers Rosalind “Rosie” Warren and her friend Vera Watson must share, on a rotating schedule, the town’s last available rental-room with Charlie Doran and Kelly Kennedy, who work the other shift at the plant. The landlady, Grandma Quill , also has her grandchildren, Buzz Prouty and Mabel Prouty , and her daughter Stella Prouty —who is on the outs with her husband Clem —living with her. Rosie doesn’t tell her fiancé, Wayne Calhoun, about the living arrangements, and is also plotting with Vera to re-unite the Proutys. Rosie pawns the engagement ring Wayne gave her for money for Clem and Stella. Rosie and Charlie fall in love and get their picture in the paper. Wayne huffingly breaks the engagement and wants his ring returned. Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net> IMDB

 
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Posted by on November 6, 2011 in Comedy, Industrial/Mine/Manufacturing, Romance, Women

 

Chance (2009)

06 Nov

91m; Panama
Director: Abner Benaim
Writers: Abner Benaim, Lino Georg von Saenger
Stars: Francisco Gattorno, Rosa Isabel Lorenzo and Aida Morales
This hilarious comedy tells the story of Toña and Paquita, the housekeepers for the aristocratic González-Dubois family. These domestic employees have been mistreated for quite some time and they are tired of their situation. So when the family plans a shopping trip to Miami, the maids have a plan of their own; to take control of the mansion. Unexpectedly, they will also discover a family secret. (Written by Chicago Latino Film Festival)

 
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Posted by on November 6, 2011 in Comedy, Service Workers

 

The Apartment (1960)

06 Nov

120m; US
Dir: Billy Wilder
A man tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue.

 
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Posted by on November 6, 2011 in Comedy, Romance, White Collar

 

Women Make Movies

05 Nov

Established in 1972 to address the under representation and misrepresentation of women in the media industry, Women Make Movies is a multicultural, multiracial, non-profit media arts organization which facilitates the production, promotion, distribution and exhibition of independent films and videotapes by and about women. The organization provides services to both users and makers of film and video programs, with a special emphasis on supporting work by women of color. Women Make Movies facilitates the development of feminist media through an internationally recognized Distribution Service and a Production Assistance Program.
Search their extensive catalog by subject; especially Labor Studies, Globalization, Sex Trafficking/Sex Work, Immigration and Exile

 
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Posted by on November 5, 2011 in Distributors

 

Dish: Women, Waitressing and the Art of Service (2010)

05 Nov

58m; Canada
Color, DVD, French/Japanese/English, Subtitled

Director: Maya Gallus
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Why do women bring your food at local diners, while in high-end establishments waiters are almost always men? DISH, by Maya Gallus, whose acclaimed GIRL INSIDE (2007) won Canada’s Gemini Award for documentary directing, answers this question in a delicious, well-crafted deconstruction of waitressing and our collective fascination with an enduring popular icon. Digging beyond the obvious, Gallus, who waited tables in her teens, explores diverse dynamics between food servers and customers, as well as cultural biases and attitudes they convey. Her feminist analysis climbs the socio-economic ladder—from the bustling world of lower-end eateries, where women prevail as wait staff, to the more genteel male-dominated sphere of haute cuisine. Astute, amusing observations from women on the job in Ontario’s truck stop diners, Montreal’s topless”sexy restos,” a Parisian super-luxe restaurant, and Tokyo’s fantasy “maid cafés”, as well as male customers’ telling comments, disclose how gender, social standing, earning opportunities, and working conditions intersect in the food service industry.
– Women Make Movies

 
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Posted by on November 5, 2011 in Documentary, Service Workers, Women

 

Construir Cine Film Festival

01 Nov

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Latest festival: May 2025

Website (English)
Facebook page

info@construircine.com

 

 
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Posted by on November 1, 2011 in A: Labor Film Festivals

 

DC Labor FilmFest

01 Nov

Founded: 2001
Latest: 2025; 2026 season scheduled for May 1-31, 2026
Location: Washington, DC
Venue: The American Film Institute’s Silver Theatre in Silver Spring MD

The DC Labor FilmFest is an annual film festival dedicated to showing films about work, workers and workers’ issues. In  2014, it began anchoring the DC LaborFest, which includes labor music, art, books, history and more.

Contact:
Chris Garlock, Director
cgarlock@laborheritage.org
240-893-0304
Washington, DC 20006

 
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Posted by on November 1, 2011 in A: Labor Film Festivals

 

Haifa International Labor Film Festival

01 Nov

Website
Founded 2007

Click here for the 2021 Festival line-up.
Click here for the 2017 Festival line-up.
Click here for the 2014 festival line-up.
Click here for the 2012 festival line-up.
Any questions concerning the festival, please contact the festival producer: Rafi Kamhi, 0543311762, rafikom@gmail.com

 
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Posted by on November 1, 2011 in A: Labor Film Festivals (Inactive)

 

450, Four Hundred and Fifty (Cuatrocientos cincuenta) (2001)

30 Oct

49m; Argentina
Director: Dario Doria              

Documentary film which reflects the injustice suffered by millions of retired people in Argentina. It narrates the daily struggle of a group of elderly people who don’t resign to the fact that their rights are being violated. Under the motto “with the strength of those who do not give up”, they meet every Wednesday across from the National Congress to request a minimum monthly retirement payment of 450 pesos that will allow them to lead a dignified life. Demonstrations have been inexorably done for over ten years now, though weakened day after day by the disappearance of some participants. Those that remain cannot give up the fight, which so far has obtained no response whatsoever from the State, whose idea of a solution seems to be to let time go by.
– 5th Seoul International Labor Film and Video Festival

 
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Posted by on October 30, 2011 in Documentary, Working Class

 
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