12m
Director: George Stoney
Synopsis: Dedication of monument to workers murdered in “Uprising of ’34.”
Contact: 212-998-1718
Author Archives: Metro Council
Housewarming (2005)
90m; Belguim
Director: Brigitte Roüan
Cast: Carole Bouquet, Jean-Pierre Castaldi and Didier Flamand
Synopsis (IMDB): Chantal, an advocate involved in defending homeless illegal immigrant, decides to refurbish her flat. Following her convictions she calls Columbian workers led by an unforeseeable architect. In the mean time a former client decides he is in love with her, her son and daughter are becoming nearly homeless since the flat’s walls are demolished, the architect has new plans every day, an irregular workers fall in love with Chantal too and dance with her daughter, Martin (the son) still continue to roller blade around… Could the works go forward in this mess
Housing Problems (1935)
16m
Synopsis (IMDB): Slum conditions, slum clearance, bright new public housing.
How Green Was My Valley (1941)
118m; U.S.
Director: John Ford
Cast: Maureen O”Hara, Roddy McDowall, Walter Pidgeon
Synopsis: Huw Morgan, an old man who has decided to leave his Welch valley forever, tells his story. Huw is the youngest in a family of 6 brothers and 1 sister and the film centers on his struggle toward manhood amid conflicting demands of faith, economics, education and family loyalty. Set in a Welsh mining community at the beginning of the 20th century, based on the novel by Richard Llewellyn. Welsh choral music and quaint patterns of speech are nice period details.
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)
121m; U.S.
Director: David Swift
Cast: Robert Morse, Michele Lee and Rudy Vallee
Synopsis: Armed with a “How to…” manual, an ambitious window washer seeks to climb the corporate ladder.
Huacho (2009)
89m; Chile/France/Germany
Director: Alejandro Fernández Almendras
Cast: Alejandra Yañez, Manuel Hernández and Cornelio Villagrán
Synopsis: Chronicles the life of a hard-working peasant family – grandparents Clemira (Clemira Aguayo) and Cornelio (Cornelio Villagrán), their daughter Alejandra (Alejandra Yáñez) and her pre-teen son, Manuel (Manuel Hernández) – Almendras paints an evocative picture of the many hardships experienced by millions of rural Chileans
Contact: http://www.sddistribution.fr/contacts.php Michel Zana mzana@sddistribution.fr
Hull House: The House that Jane Built (1991)
58m;
Director: Tim Ward
Synopsis: In 1889, amidst the slums of Chicago’s Near West Side, pioneer social worker Jane Addams (1860-1935) opened Hull House to aid the poor, largely immigrant residents of the neighborhood. Addams was joined by several other young women–college educated, politically progressive and highly motivated–whose collective efforts turned Hull House into a major center for social reform activities. This docudrama, featuring Ellen Burstyn as host/narrator, utilizes excerpts from the public writings and private papers of Addams and her associates to tell their remarkable story in their own words.
Hunger: The National March on Washington, 1932 [1933]
40m; U.S.
Director: Workers Film and Photo League
Synopsis: Documents the historic national hunger march to Washington DC in December 1932.
Hungry Hill (1947)
92m; U.S.
Director: Brian Desmond Hurst
Cast: Margaret Lockwood, Dennis Price and Cecil Parker
Synopsis (IMDB): Story of a feud that has gone on between two Irish families for more than 50 years.
Hyenas (1992)
110m; Senegal
Director: Djibril Diop Mambéty
Cast: Ami Diakhate, Djibril Diop Mambéty and Mansour Diouf
Synopsis: A once-prosperous Senegalese village has been falling further into poverty year by year until the village’s elders are reduced to selling town possessions to pay debts. Linguère, a former resident and local beauty, now very rich, returns to this, the village of her birth. The elders hope that she will be a benefactor to the village. To encourage her generosity, they appoint a local grocer, Dramaan, as mayor–who once courted her and will now try to persuade her to help. In fact, Linguère has returned with the intention of sharing her millions with the village but only in return for an unexpected action. This plot twist brings human folly and cynicism into sharp focus.
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