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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Bringing It All Back Home
Brandworkers May Day Campaign Video (2015)
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.
Boom, Bust, Boom (2016)
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.
At Any Price (2012)
Directed by: Ramin Bahrani
Running Time: 105 min
Starring: N/A
Website: N/a
Synopsis: A farming family’s business is threatened by an unexpected crisis, further testing the relationship between a father and his rebellious son.
A Piece of the Dream: Jahmeera (2015)
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.
A Piece of the Dream: Amanda (2015)
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.
Quest – A Portrait of an American Family (2017)
Directed by: Jonathan Olshefski
Running Time: – – –
Starring: N/A
Website: http://quest-documentary.com/
Synopsis: Filmed with vérité intimacy for over a decade, QUEST is the moving portrait of a family in North Philadelphia. Christopher “Quest” Rainey, along with his wife Christine’a, aka “Ma Quest,” open the door to their home music studio, which serves as a creative sanctuary from the strife that grips their neighborhood. Over the years, the family evolves as everyday life brings a mix of joy and unexpected crisis. Set against the backdrop of a country now in turmoil, QUEST is a tender depiction of an American family whose journey is a profound testament to love, healing and hope.
Who is Dayani Cristal (2013)
Directed by: Marc Silver
Running Time: 1hr 25 min
Starring: N/A
Website: http://whoisdayanicristal.com/
Synopsis: An anonymous body in the Arizona desert sparks the beginning of a real-life human drama. The search for identity leads us back across a continent to seek out the people left behind and the meaning of a mysterious tattoo.
Strike (Eisenstein) 100th anniv of Russian Revolution
Directed by: Sergei M. Esenstein
Running Time: 1 hr 22 min
Starring: N/A
Website: N/a
Synopsis: A group of oppressed factory workers go on strike in pre-revolutionary Russia.
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