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Bonecrusher (2009)

72m; U.S.

Director: Mike Fountain

Synopsis (IMDB): In the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, a young coal miner toils a mile underground. Despite the harsh working conditions, Lucas Chaffin takes fierce pride in doing the job once done by the man he loves more than anything, his father. Lucas’ father, nicknamed “Bonecrusher,” was a strong, handsome man. Now he’s withered and sick; coal dust has ravaged his lungs. As life slips away, his greatest concern isn’t for himself; it is for Lucas’ safety. Bonecrusher is an intimate and moving account of the love between a father and son and the powerful bond they share, a bond that is put to the test.

Contact: WriteBrain Films 888-612-6224; info@writebrainfilms.com http://www.writebrainfilms.com

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Posted by iwwggrandson on January 31, 2012 in Documentary, Drama, Safety & Health, Working Class

Tags: Mining

Booted Out

31 Jan

U.S.

Synopsis: Runaway shops

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Posted by iwwggrandson on January 31, 2012 in Documentary, Working Class

Border Incident (1949)

31 Jan

94m; U.S.

Director: Anthony Mann

Cast: Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy and Howard Da Silva

Synopsis: Mexican and American federal agents tackle a vicious gang exploiting illegal farm workers in southern California.

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Posted by iwwggrandson on January 31, 2012 in Drama, Farm & Food, Immigrants/Immigration, Working Class

Bordertown (2006)

31 Jan

112m; U.S.

Director: Gregory Nava

Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Antonio Banderas, Maya Zapata, Martin Sheen

Synopsis: A journalist investigates a series of murders near American-owned factories on the border of Juarez and El Paso.

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Posted by iwwggrandson on January 31, 2012 in Drama, Global Economy, Immigrants/Immigration, Women, Working Class

Born in East L.A. (1987)

31 Jan

85m; U.S.

Director: Cheech Marin

Cast: Cheech Marin, Daniel Stern and Paul Rodriguez

Synopsis (IMDB): Rudy is an American of Mexican descent who is caught up in an immigration raid on a factory. Deported to Mexico as an illegal immigrant, he has no way of proving that he is in fact an American citizen, and is forced to rely on his cunning to sneak his way back home.

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Posted by iwwggrandson on January 31, 2012 in Comedy, Immigrants/Immigration

Building Hope

31 Jan

Synopsis: Documentary about the history of community development corporations and their origins in community protest.

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Posted by iwwggrandson on January 31, 2012 in Documentary, Working Class

The Boss of It All (2006)

31 Jan

99m; Denmark

Director: Lars von Trier

Cast: Jens Albinus, Peter Gantzler, Friðrik Þór Friðriksson

Synopsis: An IT company hires an actor to serve as the company’s president in order to help the business get sold to a cranky Icelander.

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Posted by iwwggrandson on January 31, 2012 in Comedy, White Collar

Bound By Promises: Contemporary Slavery in Rural Brazil (2006)

31 Jan

17m; Brazil

Director: Christine Umali

Synopsis: Story of men who set out in search of work and are taken to isolated ranches in Brazil, only to find that they have been lured into debt bondage.

Contact: christine@witness.org 718 783 2000 x.342 (Work)

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Posted by iwwggrandson on January 31, 2012 in Documentary, Farm & Food, Immigrants/Immigration

Buffalo Creek Flood and Buffalo Creek Revisited (1984)

31 Jan

31m; U.S.

Director: Mimi Pickering

Synopsis: Appalshop filmmaker Mimi Pickering returns to Buffalo Creek, West Virginia to look at the recovery of the community after one of the worst coal mine-related disasters in history. Ken Hechler, then a U.S. Congressman from WV, but not that district, is interviewed in the office of WVLC Film Services. From the film’s website – Filmed ten years after the flood, Buffalo Creek Revisited looks at the second disaster on Buffalo Creek, in which the survivors’ efforts to rebuild the communities shattered by the flood are thwarted by government insensitivity and a century-old pattern of corporate control of the region’s land and resources. Through the statements of survivors, planners, politicians, psychologists, and community activists, the film explores the psychology of disaster, the importance of community, and the paradox of a poor people living in a rich land.

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Posted by iwwggrandson on January 31, 2012 in Documentary, Politics, Safety & Health

Tags: Mining