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If You Could Walk In My Shoes (2015)

24 Feb

https://vimeo.com/179697792

Directed by: Ricardo E. Causo
Running Time: 27 min
Starring:  

Website: N/a

Synopsis: Roberto Marquez is an artisan from Ecuador, who immigrated to the United States over 14 years ago. He has been living and working in New York City as a shoe cobbler, and is an undocumented immigrant. In 2013, Roberto, and his wife Maria, welcomed a baby girl into their family. A first-generation American Citizen. Roberto struggles to support his family, here and abroad. In spite of the odds they are up against, he reflects on his own life, and the future he wants for his family

 
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Posted by on February 24, 2017 in Documentary, Immigrants/Immigration, Migrant workers

 

Harlan County USA (1976)

24 Feb

Directed by:  Barbara Kopple
Running Time: 103 min
Starring:  Norman Yarborough, Houston Elmore, Phil Sparks

Website: N/a

Synopsis: A filmed account of a bitterly violent miner strike.

 
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Posted by on February 24, 2017 in Documentary, Industrial/Mine/Manufacturing, Strikes-Strikebreaking-Lockouts

 

We The Workers (2017)

24 Feb

Directed by:  Wen Hai
Running Time: 174 min
Starring:

Website: N/a

Synopsis:After an imposing opening in which Chinese labourers work on a giant metal construction and the sounds of angle grinders and hammers on metal come together rhythmically, the documentary switches to the seamier side of the Chinese economic miracle – the exploitation of hundreds of millions of workers. Experiences gathered by specialised bureaus defending workers’ rights expose a practice of underpayment, bad working conditions and wrongful dismissal. Activists are arrested and abused – sometimes by criminals, sometimes just by the police. Lawyers are pestered and discouraged from taking cases. The bureaus themselves are regarded by the state as troublemakers, but they are the ones encouraging workers not to strike and to solve disagreements under the law. Yet some keep their doors permanently locked and only let people they know inside, for fear of reprisals. In terms of labour rights, China is several decades behind Europe, and people who want to do something about that are subjected to intimidation. Or worse.

 
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Posted by on February 24, 2017 in Documentary

 

Great Unsung Women of Computing: The Computers, The Coders and The Future Makers (2016)

22 Feb

Directed by:  Kathy Kleiman, Jon Palfreman and Kate McMahon
Running Time: 48 min
Starring: N/a

Website: http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c188.shtml

Synopsis: In the United States, women are vastly underrepresented in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) fields, holding under 25% of STEM jobs and a disproportionately low share of STEM undergraduate degrees. Great Unsung Women of Computing is a series of three remarkable documentary films that show how women revolutionized the computing and Internet technology we use today, inspiring female students to believe that programming careers lie within their grasp.

 
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Posted by on February 22, 2017 in Documentary, Women

 

Bringing It All Back Home

22 Feb

Directed by: Chrissie Stansfield
Running Time: 48 min
Starring: N/a

Website: N/a

Synopsis: This fascinating documentary analyzes how the patterns of international capital investment and the exploitation of Third World women workers in free trade zones are being brought home to the First World. Issues discussed include: the internationalization of local economies, the growing schism between the rich and poor and the changing nature of women’s work.

 
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Posted by on February 22, 2017 in Documentary, Industrial/Mine/Manufacturing, Women

 

Brandworkers May Day Campaign Video (2015)

22 Feb

Directed by: Des Almoradie
Running Time: 5 min
Starring: N/a

Website: N/a

Synopsis: This short documentary sheds crucial light on the harsh realities faced by food factory workers who toil behind the scenes of the so-called sustainable food movement. While people enjoy the growth of sustainable food produced in the five boroughs including artisanal bread, hummus, and much more, tragically, like so many aspects of the food system and economy, the great promise of local food is being undermined by the serious mistreatment of low-income immigrant workers.

 
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Posted by on February 22, 2017 in Documentary, Farm & Food

 

Boom, Bust, Boom (2016)

22 Feb

Directed by: Bill Jones & Terry Jones & Ben Timlett
Running Time: 75 min
Starring: N/a

Website: N/a

Synopsis: The result of a meeting between writer, director, historian and Python Terry Jones and economics professor and entrepreneur Theo Kocken. Co-written by Jones and Kocken and featuring John Cusack, Nobel Prize winners Daniel Kahneman, Robert J. Shiller and Paul Krugman, the film is part of a global movement to change the economic system through education to protect the world from boom and bust. A unique look at why economic crashes happen, Boom Bust Boom is a multimedia documentary combining live action with animation and puppetry to explain economics to everyone.

 
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Posted by on February 22, 2017 in Documentary, Finance, Global Economy

 

American Reds (2016)

22 Feb

https://vimeo.com/182210949

Directed by:  Richard Wormser
Running Time: 85 min
Starring: N/A

Website: N/a

Synopsis: This lively documentary tells the story of the emergence of the Communist Party USA between 1930-1945 as the foremost radical political group in America, and the Party’s subsequent collapse between 1946 and 1960 as a result of the Cold War and the revelation of Stalin’s crimes. Followed by a Q&A with Producer Bill Jersey and Producer/Director Richard Wormser, plus special guests.

 
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Posted by on February 22, 2017 in Communism/Socialism, Documentary

 

A Piece of the Dream: Jahmeera (2015)

22 Feb

Directed by:  Maya Suchak
Running Time: 5 min
Starring: N/A

Website: N/a

Synopsis: A day in the life of a young single mother working at Wendy’s. Produced by the Workers Development Institute of NY State.

 
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Posted by on February 22, 2017 in Documentary

 

A Piece of the Dream: Amanda (2015)

22 Feb

Directed by:  Darian Henry
Running Time: 6 min
Starring: N/A

Website: N/a

Synopsis: Amanda, a single mother of two, speaks passionately on her active role in the Fight For $15. The film also explores her retelling of the unfair treatment she received working at both McDonalds and Dunkin Donuts along with the current struggles she faces raising her sons and living on minimum wage in Albany NY.

 
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Posted by on February 22, 2017 in Documentary, Farm & Food

 
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