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Jaan Hai To Jahan Hai

23 Mar

19m; India

Synopsis: A health and safety film used by the Indian National Mineworkers’ Federation to educate workers about the consequences of not following health and safety rules and best practices. The film’s use of local language, traditions and entertainment value has proved successful in reaching workers in the mining sector that often come from rural or agrarian backgrounds. Jaan Hai to Jahan Hai is one of several documentaries the INMF has been actively involved in producing regarding workers’ health and safety.

Contact: INMF 2009 Geneva Labour Film Shorts Festival

 
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Posted by on March 23, 2012 in Documentary, Safety & Health

 

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Jack Johnson, the Big Fights (1970)

23 Mar

90m; U.S.

Director: William Cayton

Synopsis: Story of black boxer who was forced into exile in 1910.

 
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Posted by on March 23, 2012 in Blacks, Documentary, Sports

 

James’ Journey to Jerusalem (2003)

23 Mar

91m; Israel

Director: Ra’anan Alexandrowicz

Cast: Siyabonga Melongisi Shibe, Salim Dau and Arieh Elias

Synopsis (Wikipedia): The film’s plot focuses on an African teenager named James (Siyabonga Melongisi Shibe) whom hails from the fictional African village Entshongweni, who goes on a pilgrimage journey, on behalf of his village, towards the Holy Land, Israel, and especially in order to come to Jerusalem. Upon arriving in Israel, James is suspected to be an illegal foreign worker and as a result he is arrested. Shimi (Salim Daw), a contractor of foreign workers, releases him on bail to work with him. After James explains to him that he did not travel to Israel to work, Shimi clarifies to him that since he paid for his release, James now owes him. Therefore James is forced to interrupt his journey and begin working for Shimi.

 
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Posted by on March 23, 2012 in Drama, Immigrants/Immigration, Service Workers

 

Janie’s Janie (1970)

23 Mar

25m; U.S.

Director: Geri Ashur

Synopsis: Woman who was a white working class wife kicks her husband out. Now on welfare, she describes her new-found militancy.

 
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Posted by on March 23, 2012 in Documentary, Women, Working Class

 

The Job (2007)

23 Mar

4m; U.S.

Director: Jonathan Browning, Shaun Greenspan

Synopsis: The tables are turned on a group of white collar professionals in this amusing tale set in a parallel universe right here on earth.

Contact: Youtube link to watch the movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XGJq8wrw5I Film

Website: http://www.thejobtheshort.com/

 
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Posted by on March 23, 2012 in Available Online, Comedy, SciFi, Streaming Online (Youtube, Vimeo), White Collar

 

I Am A Man: Dr. King and the 1968 AFSCME Memphis Sanitation Strike

19 Mar

Synopsis: On April 3, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. traveled to Memphis to support AFSCME sanitation workers. That evening, he delivered his famous “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech to a packed room of supporters. The next day, he was assassinated. (NOTE: see At The River I Stand for a 56m version of this issue).

 
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Posted by on March 19, 2012 in Blacks, Documentary, Organizing, Politics, Public Sector, Service Workers, Streaming Online (Youtube, Vimeo)

 

I Am Cuba (1964)

19 Mar

141m; U.S.S.R.-Cuba

Director: Mikhail Kalatozov

Cast: Sergio Corrieri, Salvador Wood and José Gallardo

Synopsis (IMDB): Four vignettes in Batista’s Cuba dramatize the need for revolution; long, mobile shots tell almost wordless stories. In Havana, Maria faces shame when a man who fancies her discovers how she earns her living. Pedro, an aging peasant, is summarily told that the land he farms has been sold to United Fruit. A university student faces down a crowd of swaggering U.S. sailors and then watches friends shot by police when they try to distribute a pro-Castro leaflet. The war arrives on the doorstep of peasants Mariano, Amelia, and their four children when Batista’s forces bomb the hills. Mariano wants peace, so he seeks out the guerrillas to join the fight. If nothing else, an incredible example of pure film-making with stunning and innovative camera work.

 
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Posted by on March 19, 2012 in Drama, Farm & Food, Global Economy, Organizing, Politics, Strikes-Strikebreaking-Lockouts, War, Working Class

 

I Am Somebody (1970)

19 Mar

28m; U.S.

Director: Madeline Anderson

Synopsis: Striking black hospital workers, mostly women in Atlanta.

 
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Posted by on March 19, 2012 in Blacks, Documentary, Organizing, Strikes-Strikebreaking-Lockouts, Women, Working Class

 

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)

19 Mar

92m; U.S.

Director: Mervyn LeRoy

Cast: Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell and Helen Vinson

Synopsis: Wrongly convicted James Allen serves in the intolerable conditions of a southern chain gang, which later comes back to haunt him.

 
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Posted by on March 19, 2012 in A: Highly Recommended Labor Films, Drama, Working Class

 

I Can Get It For You Wholesale (1951)

19 Mar

91m; U.S.

Director: Michael Gordon

Cast: Susan Hayward, Dan Dailey and George Sanders

Synopsis (IMDB): A ruthless fashion designer steps on everyone in her way in order to reach the top of her profession. Eventually she is forced to choose between her ambition and the man she loves.

 

 
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Posted by on March 19, 2012 in Drama, Romance, White Collar, Women, Working Class

 
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