104m; U.S.
Director: Callie Khouri
Cast: Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah and Katie Holmes
Synopsis: Three female employees of the Federal Reserve plot to steal money that is about to be destroyed.
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Made in China (2007)
52m; China
Director: Jean Yves Cauchard
Synopsis: Made in China tells one of the millions of stories of migrants from rural China who comprise the backbone of the Chinese economic miracle. It provides a human face behind the ubiquitous label “Made in China.”
Made in Dagenham (2010)
113m; U.K.
Director: Nigel Cole
Cast: Sally Hawkins, Bob Hoskins and Andrea Riseborough
Synopsis: A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.
Made in LA (2007)
70m; U.S.
Director: Almudena Carracedo
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Synopsis (IMDB): Made in L.A. follows the remarkable story of three Latina immigrants working in Los Angeles garment sweatshops as they embark on a three-year odyssey to win basic labor protections from a mega-trendy clothing retailer. In intimate verité style, Made in L.A. reveals the impact of the struggle on each woman’s life as they are gradually transformed by the experience. Compelling, humorous, deeply human, Made in L.A. is a story about immigration, the power of unity, and the courage it takes to find your voice.
Made in Thailand (1999)
30m; U.S.
Director: Eve-Laure Moros and Linzy Emery
Synopsis: Human costs of everyday products we purchase.
Maid In America (2005)
60m; U.S.
Director: Anayansi Prado
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Synopsis: The lives and hopes of immigrant workers.
Maid in Manhattan (2002)
105m; U.S.
Director: Wayne Wang
Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes and Natasha Richardson
Synopsis (IMDB): A senatorial candidate falls for a hotel maid, thinking she is a socialite when he sees her trying on a wealthy woman’s dress.
Maids (Domésticas) [2001]
85m; Brazil
Director: Fernando Meirelles, Nando Olival
Cast: Cláudia Missura, Graziela Moretto and Lena Roque
Synopsis (IMDB): Five maids in São Paulo are observed in this episodic, impressionistic film. The women interact with each other, ride busses, work, and have longings: Rai for a husband, Créo for her lost daughter, Roxane for a career in modeling. Quitéria is naive, a gull for thieves. Cida has a husband and also a lover. While each woman gets what she wishes for (more or less), it doesn’t always make things better. As Roxane says, no child sets out to become a maid. But once there, are all other doors closed?
Making History: An Introduction to SEIU and the Labor Movement (2001)
40m; U.S.
Director: Lucia Duncan
Synopsis: Tells six pivotal labor stories, three from SEIU’s history and three from earlier struggles in other unions’ each story is about 6 minutes long.
Contact: alva.hines@seiu.org luciaduncan@gmail.com
Makom Avoda (Workplace) [1998]
81m; Israel
Director: Nurit Aviv
Synopsis: Thai workers in Israel.
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