Director: Victor Buhler
Synopsis: Chronicles three workers with developmental disabilities at Lott Industries, an auto parts factory in Toledo, OH.
Website: http://awholelottmore.com/
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Abandoned, Not Forgotten: The Plight of Burma’s Migrant Fishers (2008)
11m; Burma and Thailand
Synopsis: A special report of the International Transport Workers’ Federation about Burma’s migrant fishers. Undocumented Burmese fishermen suffer brutal treatment at the hands of their Thai bosses. Seafarer unions are working to expose these crimes and help Burmese workers in the fishing industry win basic rights and worker protections.
See it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deCo_ZBSk-U
Accatone (1961)
120m; Italy
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Synopsis: Picture of alienated young man, slum life, Italian youth, and the Roman underworld.
Act of Vengeance (1986)
96m; U.S.
Director: John MacKenzie
Cast: Charles Bronson, Ellen Burstyn, Wilford Brimley
Synopsis: Drama about the 1969 assassination of Jock Yablonski, who was challenging UMWA President Tony Boyle.
Adalen ’31 (1969)
115m; Sweden
Director: Bo Widerberg
Synopsis: Drama revolving around 1931 Swedish sawmill workers’ strike.
Adhen (2008)
93m; France
Director: Rabah Ameur-Zaimeche
Synopsis: An industrial pallet-repair operation on the outskirts of Paris becomes a microcosm of Muslim immigrant hopes and tensions.
Adventureland (2009)
107m; U.S.
Director: Greg Mottola
Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Ryan Reynolds
Synopsis: A comedy set in the summer of 1987 and centered around a recent college grad (Eisenberg) who takes a nowhere job at his local amusement park, only to find it’s the perfect course to get him prepared for the real world.
Adventures of Power (2008)
89m; U.S.
Director: Ari Gold
Cast: Adrian Grenier , Jane Lynch, Michael McKean , Shoshannah Stern, Chiu Chi Ling, Ari Gold
Synopsis: An epic rock’n’roll comedy about air-drumming and the American Dream. Small-town mine worker Power loves the beat, but can’t play drums. But after his union leader father calls a strike at the mine, Power discovers an underground subculture of air-drummers who just might hold the key to changing the world.
Against Coercion (2006)
60m; Japan
Director: Kimigayo Fukiritsu
Synopsis: Japanese teachers fighting militarization and law requiring standing during the national anthem.
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