93m; France
Director: Marcel Carné
Cast: Jean Gabin, Jacqueline Laurent and Arletty
Synopsis: A disastrous love triangle is played out against the background of working class Paris.
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Le Million (1931)
83m; France
Director: Rene Clair
Synopsis: An impoverished painter and his rival engage in a race across Paris to recover a jacket concealing a winning lottery ticket.
The Learning Tree (1969)
107m; U.S.
Director: Gordon Parks
Cast: Kyle Johnson, Alex Clarke and Estelle Evans
Synopsis (IMDB): The story, set in Kansas during the 1920’s, covers less than a year in the life of a black teenager, and documents the veritable deluge of events which force him into sudden manhood. The family relationships and enmities, the fears, frustrations and ambitions of the black teenager in small-town America are explored with a strong statement about human values
The Leather Boys (1964)
108m; U.K.
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Cast: Rita Tushingham, Colin Campbell and Dudley Sutton
Synopsis (IMDB): An immature teenager marries a young biker but becomes disenchanted with the realities of working class marriage and her husband’s relationship with his best friend.
Leather Soul: Working for a Life in a Factory Town (1991)
45m; U.S.
Director: Joe Cultrera
Synopsis: Story of the rise and fall of an American factory town.
Left Behind: Chrysler’s Newark Assembly Plant: Past, Present & Future
Contact: http://www.udel.edu/global/documentary/leftbehind/Site/Home.html
Turn Left at the End of the World (2004)
110m; France
Director: Avi Nesher
Cast: Neta Garty, Liraz Charhi and Aure Atika
Synopsis (IMDB): As a family from India moves in to a desert neighborhood in Southern Israel in the 1960’s, the family’s eldest, beautiful daughter discovers friendship and romance with the lovely local French girl. The film also explores the hardships and surprises that come with the integration of multiple families from different ethnic backgrounds (from the diaspora) and their struggle with immigration and prejudice
Legacy of Shame: Migrant Labor, An American Institution
48m; U.S.
Synopsis: In this program—a follow-up to the alarming 1960 broadcast Harvest of Shame, which first awakened the nation to the plight of migrant workers—correspondents Dan Rather and Randall Pinkston document the ongoing exploitation of America’s invisible laborers while highlighting efforts being made to protect them. Topics of investigation include pesticide risks, the uneven enforcement of employment and immigration regulations, and peonage, as well as the efforts of rural legal services and progressive growers to advocate for this silent minority and provide equitable employment opportunities.
Contact: http://ffh.films.com/id/4522/Legacy_of_Shame_Migrant_Labor_an_American_Institution.htm
Les destinées (2000)
180m; France
Director: Olivier Assayas
Cast: Emmanuelle Béart, Charles Berling and Isabelle Huppert
Synopsis (IMDB): Responsibility versus happiness. Jean Barnery is a young Protestant cleric in Barbazac in 1900 when he divorces his severe wife after falling in love with Pauline, the independent-minded niece of an upper-crust parishioner. Jean’s also an heir to a high-end porcelain factory in Limoges. He gives his fortune to his wife to assuage his guilt over the divorce. He pursues Pauline; they marry and live idyllically in Switzerland. Then, duty calls: his family asks him to come to Limoges to run the business. He accepts, ignoring Pauline’s wishes. His new responsibilities, as well as his fighting in the Great War, change him and his relationship with Pauline
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