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Made in LA (2007)

20 Apr

70m; U.S.
Director: Almudena Carracedo
http://www.madeinla.com/

Synopsis (IMDB): Made in L.A. follows the remarkable story of three Latina immigrants working in Los Angeles garment sweatshops as they embark on a three-year odyssey to win basic labor protections from a mega-trendy clothing retailer. In intimate verité style, Made in L.A. reveals the impact of the struggle on each woman’s life as they are gradually transformed by the experience. Compelling, humorous, deeply human, Made in L.A. is a story about immigration, the power of unity, and the courage it takes to find your voice.

 
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Posted by on April 20, 2012 in Documentary, Immigrants/Immigration, Industrial/Mine/Manufacturing, Organizing, Women, Working Class

 

Made in Thailand (1999)

20 Apr

30m; U.S.

Director: Eve-Laure Moros and Linzy Emery

Synopsis: Human costs of everyday products we purchase.

 
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Posted by on April 20, 2012 in Documentary, Global Economy

 

Maid In America (2005)

20 Apr

60m; U.S.
Director: Anayansi Prado
http://impactofilms.com/maidinamerica/updates.html

Synopsis: The lives and hopes of immigrant workers.

 
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Posted by on April 20, 2012 in Documentary, Immigrants/Immigration, Service Workers, Women, Working Class

 

Maid in Manhattan (2002)

20 Apr

105m; U.S.

Director: Wayne Wang

Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes and Natasha Richardson

Synopsis (IMDB): A senatorial candidate falls for a hotel maid, thinking she is a socialite when he sees her trying on a wealthy woman’s dress.

 
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Posted by on April 20, 2012 in Romance

 

Maids (Domésticas) [2001]

20 Apr

85m; Brazil

Director: Fernando Meirelles, Nando Olival

Cast: Cláudia Missura, Graziela Moretto and Lena Roque

Synopsis (IMDB): Five maids in São Paulo are observed in this episodic, impressionistic film. The women interact with each other, ride busses, work, and have longings: Rai for a husband, Créo for her lost daughter, Roxane for a career in modeling. Quitéria is naive, a gull for thieves. Cida has a husband and also a lover. While each woman gets what she wishes for (more or less), it doesn’t always make things better. As Roxane says, no child sets out to become a maid. But once there, are all other doors closed?

 
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Posted by on April 20, 2012 in Drama, Service Workers, Women, Working Class

 

Making History: An Introduction to SEIU and the Labor Movement (2001)

20 Apr

40m; U.S.

Director: Lucia Duncan

Synopsis: Tells six pivotal labor stories, three from SEIU’s history and three from earlier struggles in other unions’ each story is about 6 minutes long.

Contact: alva.hines@seiu.org luciaduncan@gmail.com

 
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Posted by on April 20, 2012 in Documentary, Labor History

 

Makom Avoda (Workplace) [1998]

20 Apr

81m; Israel

Director: Nurit Aviv

Synopsis: Thai workers in Israel.

 
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Posted by on April 20, 2012 in Documentary, Immigrants/Immigration

 

The Mall

20 Apr

10m; Israel/Palestine

Director: Yonatan Ben Efrat

Synopsis: Living conditions of Palestinian workers inside Israel.

Contact: http://www.hanitzotz.com/video.htm

 
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Posted by on April 20, 2012 in Documentary, Immigrants/Immigration

 

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956)

20 Apr

153m; U.S.

Director: Nunnally Johnson

Cast: Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones and Fredric March

Synopsis (IMDB): An ex-soldier faces ethical questions as he tries to earn enough to support his wife and children well.

 
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Posted by on April 20, 2012 in Drama, Romance, War, White Collar

 

The Man in the White Suit (1951)

20 Apr

85m; U.K.

Director: Alexander Mackendrick

Cast: Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood and Cecil Parker

Synopsis (IMDB): An altruistic chemist invents a fabric that resists wear and stain as boon to humanity but both capital and labor realize it must be suppressed for economic reasons.

 
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Posted by on April 20, 2012 in Comedy, Industrial/Mine/Manufacturing, White Collar, Working Class

 
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