32m; U.S.
Director: Bob Gates, Penny Loeb
Synopsis: Charleston filmmaker Bob Gates and reporter Penny Loeb interview 45 West Virginia residents affected by the blasting required for “mountaintop removal.” The video shows damage to wells and houses and describes the psychological effects of round-the-clock blasting on residents who live in the proximity of the mines.
Contact: Robert Gates; 304-342-2624 photonzx@ntelos.net Omni Productions
105m; Italy
Director: Lina Wertmuller
Synopsis: A group of immigrants from the south of Italy live collectively in the Milano’s suburbia in the 1974. Not only they share the house, but also hopes and troubles that in those years where part of the Italian society.
128m; U.K.
Director: Mike Leigh
Synopsis: Penny’s love for her partner, taxi-driver Phil, has run dry. He is a gentle, philosophical guy, and she works on the checkout at a supermarket. Their daughter Rachel cleans in a home for elderly people, and their son Rory is unemployed and aggressive.
30m; U.S.
Director: Arthur Rosenblum
Synopsis: 30-minute shows on labor issues. (Episode 21: Automation: Are Strikes the Only Answer?; Episode 17: These Labor Abuses Must Be Curbed; Episode 35: The Union that Automation Built)
30m; U.S.
Synopsis: This half-hour documentary, part of the PBS “Great Depression” program series, tells the dramatic story of the struggle at J&L Steel that led to the famous Supreme Court decision to uphold the constitutionality of the Wagner Act. After the win at Aliquippa extended the union beyond U.S. Steel surrendering without a shot in secret negotiations between John L. Lewis and Myron Taylor, the steelworkers’ union hit up against Tom Girdler’s extreme resistance. The Memorial Day massacre of 1937, just weeks after the victory at Aliquippa, kept the unions inside “Little Steel” without a contract until 1941.
120m; U.K.
Director: John Willis & Peter Jones
Synopsis: A broadcast highlighting health and safety concerns affecting factory workers. Alice is 47. She worked in an asbestos factory when young. She now suffers from mesothelioma, an asbestos caused cancer. She fights for her life and her rights.
98m; U.S.
Director: Louis Malle
Cast: Amy Madigan, Ed Harris, Ho Nguyen
Synopsis (IMDB): A despondent Vietnam veteran in danger of losing his livelihood is pushed to the edge when he sees Vietnamese immigrants moving into the fishing industry in a Texas bay town.
128m; U.S.
Director: Daniel Petrie
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil , Ruby Dee
Synopsis (IMDB): A substantial insurance payment could mean either financial salvation or personal ruin for a poor black family.
These are the films in the 2nd annual doxita: China’s Wild West (UK, Urszula Pontikos, 10 min.) Breadmakers (UK, Yasmin Fedda, 11 min.) Wood (USA, David Fenster, 21 min.) Shika Shika (USA, Stephen Hyde, 10 min.) The Tailor (Spain, Oscar Perez, 31 min. )
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