Category Archives: A: Labor Film Festivals (Inactive)

Latest: 5/21/2009 (Roger & Me)

Stephen Crockett
DemLabor@aol.com
443-907-2367
Wilmington, DE
U.S.A.

Latest: May 1, 2008

2012 dates:

Founded: May 1, 2008

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Contact:

Kristyne Peter

kpeter@imfmetal.org

+ 41 22 308 5031

http://www.imfmetal.org/main/index.cfm?n=47&l=2&c=17365

Geneva

Sweden

Latest: NO INFO AVAILABLE

2012 dates:

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Contact:

Karen Lane and Ruth Ruttenberg

rruttenberg@tds.net

802-485-4554

http://www.oldlaborhall.com

Barre, VT

U.S.

Organized by 9to5 California

Looks like they did a series of screenings in 2010 and 2011, as well as flagged some labor videos on YouTube.

Western Massachusetts

Currently in the planning stage.

Pat Greenfield
patriciagreenfield@comcast.net

Founded: 2011; last known series was 2017
www.Philaup.org
Philadelphia, PA U.S.A.

Sponsored by the Philadelphia Unemployment Project, Philadelphia AFL-CIO, SAG-AFTRA, APM, PhilaPOSH, AFSCME DC 47, Neighborhood Networks, Coalition of Labor Union Women. For more information call 215-557-0822.

EPIC MOMENTS IN U.S. WORKERS’ HISTORY 2016 (April-June)
CCBC-Essex 1:30-3:00 p.m.

April 13–The Factory Girls of Lowell Massachusetts in 1836
Daughters of Free Men
April 20–The 1877 Railroad Strike
1877: The Grand Army of Starvation
April 27–Homestead steel strike of 1892
The River Ran Red
May 4–Pullman car strike of 1894
Palace Cars and Paradise
May 11–The Uprising of the 20,000 in 1909
Heaven Will Protect the Working Girl
May 18–The textile workers national strike of 1934
The Uprising of ‘34
May 25–The Flint sit-down strike of 1936-37
The Great Sit-Down
June 1–The Memphis sanitation workers strike of 1968
At The River I Stand
June 8–The Brookside Mineworkers strike of 1972
Harlan County, USA
The P-9 strike against Hormel in 1985-86
American Dream

The Community College of Baltimore County
Bill Barry—instructor
bbarry@ccbcmd.edu
(410) 426-3966

* This is a class, not a festival, but it has many similar elements and may be useful for those organizing either labor film festivals or labor film classes

Latest:2021
Venue: New South Wales

Facebook page (more up to date)

Australian International Labour Film Festival (outdated)

Contact:
Sandra Pires
sandra@whydocumentaries.com.au
Tel: + 61 2 4285 3545

Website: http://ailff.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Australian-International-Labour-Film-Festival/145473178890585

Latest: April 2017
Founded: 1990
Venue: The Pump House, Homestead, PA
Website

NOTE: (2026) No screenings currently schedules. Check website above for updates.

The Battle of Homestead Foundation (BHF) is a diverse organization of citizens, workers, educators and historians. It’s purpose is to preserve, interpret, and promote a people’s history focused on the significance of the dramatic labor conflict at Homestead, Pennsylvania in 1892. While the many consequences of that tragic event persist in society, the sole existing structure of the 1892 Homestead Steel Works is the site of the battle itself, Pump House No. 1 , located in Munhall, Pa. Toward those goals and objectives, BHF was incorporated in 1997 as a non-profit corporation for charitable and educational purposes. BHF evolved from the Homestead Strike Centennial Commemorative Committee, founded in 1990.

After the dismantling of the historic Homestead Steel Works in the 1980s, then-owner Park Corporation performed restorative work on the Pump House. In 1996, BHF was formed in response to Park’s efforts, developing plans for a minimalist interpretive program for the site. Park welcomed the initiatives, and subsequent owners and developers, Continental Real Estate, also proved hospitable. Today the site is owned and benevolently operated by Steel Industry Heritage Corporation, who also offer many educational programs, tours, and events related to the Pump House as well as other local points of interest.

Since 1990, an impressive list of productions and events pertaining to the Pump House have been presented, supported, and organized by BHF.

Contact: 412-848-3079 or 724-935-2677
Charles McCollester charlie.mccollester@gmail.com

Santa Fe, New Mexico
Founded: 2015 (originally the Santa Fe Labor Film Festival)
Latest festival; April 30-May 1, 2017
Facebook page

The New Mexico Labor Film Festival is dedicated to providing its community with films, panels and events that inform, educate, motivate and celebrate labor through the moving image arts and cinematic world.