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Working for a Living: Labor on Film

UVM Film Series UVM-Labor-On-Film
University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
January 23-April 17, 2014
NOTE: the series theme shifts each year so this is not an ongoing labor film series

A UVM Film and Television Studies faculty member will introduce the director and formal aspects of each film in a 30-minute lecture, and lead a post-screening Q + A for the audience. The UVM Film Series will take place at the Billings Lecture Hall.

Office Space (Mark Judge, 1999) January 23 / Pre-film Lecture 6 PM / Film Screening 6:45 PM
Salt of the Earth (Herbert J. Biberman, 1954) February 20 / Pre-film Lecture 6 PM / Film Screening 6:45 PM
Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (Errol Morris, 1997) March 20 / Pre-film Lecture 6 PM / Film Screening 6:45 PM
The Front (Martin Ritt, 1976) April 17 / Pre-film Lecture 6 PM / Film Screening 6:45 PM

University of Vermont
Lane Series
322 South Prospect Street
Burlington, VT 05401
802.656.4455
lane.series@uvm.edu

 

WWMP/COSATU Labour Film Festival (South Africa)

Workers’ World Media Productions Labour Film Festival 2013 2013.04.09_WWMP-COSATULFFpamphlet
Latest
: April 24-May 22, 2013
Founded: 2005
Venue: Various (11 centres and townships nationwide)
Contactadmin@wwmp.org.za
Click here to download leaflet with complete schedule and location info.

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Western Workers Labor Heritage Festival

Latest: 2015; have requested updated information (8/25/2015)
Founded
: 1987
Venue: Various (Burlingame, CA)

Synopsis: Several-day film and music festival “honoring  Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s contribution to the civil rights and labor movements.”

Contact: Kendyll Stansbury
kendyll_s@yahoo.com
(650) 724-9262

Website: http://www.westernworkersfestival.org/

Burlingame, CA

U.S.A.

 

Washington State Labor Council “We Do The Work” YouTube Competition

WSLC launches work-themed film contest; winners get Folklife screenings

At its 2011 Convention, Washington State Labor Council delegates approved a resolution calling for the WSLC to create a month-long celebration of workers’ culture in May 2012 to honor of the 100-year anniversary of the Lawrence, Mass., textile strike — the “Bread and Roses” strike.

As part of this celebration the WSLC has launched a You Tube film competition (3- to 5-minute films) under the theme of “work” or “we do the work.” The three best short films from around Washington State will be shown at the SIFF Theater as part of the 2012 Northwest Folklife Festival in Seattle over Memorial Day Weekend (May 25-28).  In addition, the top three filmmakers will receive prizes $250, $150 and $100, respectively.

All film entries should be submitted to the local Central Labor Councils around the state. The CLCs will review the film entries in April and each council will submit its best three to the WSLC, where a panel of judges will evaluate the films and decide the winning three that will be shown at the Northwest Folklife Festival at the end of May in Seattle.

If you know any filmmakers at your workplace, in your family, at your church, please urge them to participate in this competition. Here is the contact information for the CLCs, where entries will be submitted. For more information, contact Kamaria Hightower at 206-281-8901.

Short URL: http://www.thestand.org/?p=8968