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Tears in the Fabric

23 Jun

A Documentary Film and Resource Website by Rainbow Collective and Openvizor. In Savar, Bangladesh, Razia struggles to raise two grandchildren after losing her daughters in the Rana Plaza factory collapse, a disaster which claimed the lives of over 1000 garment workers. One year on, Tears in the Fabric follows Razia as, amidst the struggle of raising and educating her grandsons, she searches for resolution and answers through protest on the streets of Dhaka and amongst the rubble and torn fabrics of Rana Plaza. Tears in the Fabric offers a starkly honest and deeply moving view of the human cost of high street fashion.

Directed by: The Rainbow Collective, UK

http://www.rainbowcollective.co.uk/#!tears-in-the-fabric/c1zdc

 

 
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Posted by on June 23, 2014 in Cities-Urban, Consumerism, Documentary, Global Economy, Manufacturing, Organizing, Outsourcing, Retail, Service Workers, Streaming Online (Youtube, Vimeo), Textile Industry, Women, Working Class

 

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Under The Bus

23 Jun

Anthony has driven a school bus in Staten Island, New York for twenty-four years. His plans to retire suddenly grind to a halt when the Union (ATU 1181) goes on strike in response to a contract dispute with the City of New York. The film follows Anthony and his fellow drivers to the picket line, where they find themselves battling harsh winter weather, a media blackout, Union politics and a Mayor who refuses to negotiate.

Directed by: Peter Hass & Keif Roberts

http://underthebusfilm.blogspot.com/

 
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Posted by on June 23, 2014 in Children, Cities-Urban, Communications, Documentary, Occupation/Type of Work, Service Workers, Transportation, Unemployment-Wages

 

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Truth Through A Lens

23 Jun

A stunning feature length debut by an SVA Soc Doc MFA graduate, Justin Thomas, who follows the evolution of Brooklyn street kid, subway train tagger and local community organizing legend, Dennis Flores. Dennis had the courage to pick up a camera, when he saw his neighbors being physically abused for simple demanding decent housing and better treatment by the local police. Of course Dennis himself quickly becomes the target of those for whom telling the truth is not necessarily considered part of the daily job.

https://www.facebook.com/truthlens2014

 
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Posted by on June 23, 2014 in Arts/Culture, Cities-Urban, Communications, Documentary, Education

 

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Tatanka

20 Jun

Behind every activist that fought for civil rights or occupied Wall Street, there was a loved one who also sacrificed. Tatanka follows the bizarre and heartrending journey of one man whose unchecked idealism helped change the world but nearly tore his family apart. This is a very personal and provocative look at a turbulent and life-changing time in our history. Featuring Joan Baez, Cesar Chavez and Daniel Ellsberg.

Directed by: Jacob Bricca

http://www.tatankamovie.com/

 
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Posted by on June 20, 2014 in Arts/Culture, Documentary, Labor History

 

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Price Check (2012)

12 Feb

For Pete, settling down with a wife and son meant giving up his unstable musical career to work for a third-rate supermarket chain.

Cast: Parker Posey, Eric Mabius, Annie Parisse

 
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Posted by on February 12, 2014 in Comedy, Drama, Netflix Watch Instantly, Retail

 

Twin Cities Assembly Plant: A Job and a Family

10 Feb
  • Format: DVD Video, 40 min., with bonus 14 min. slideshow
  • Publisher: Labor Education Service, U of MN
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The history of the Twin Cities Ford Assembly Plant, United Auto Workers Local 879 and the unique community of workers in St. Paul’s Highland Park neighborhood.

Since 1925, Ford Motor Company has operated a manufacturing plant on the banks of the Mississippi River in Saint Paul’s Highland Park neighborhood, employing thousands of workers. This documentary tells the history of the Twin Cities Assembly Plant, United Auto Workers Local 879 and the unique community both hourly and salaried workers created inside and outside the factory.

$20; order here: http://shop.mnhs.org/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=2607

 
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Posted by on February 10, 2014 in Documentary, Industrial/Mine/Manufacturing, Manufacturing, Transportation, Working Class

 

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Another Promise (2014)

04 Feb

original title: Another Family

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoDM1d8aqJ4  

Based on a true story of a working-class family whose daughter went to work at Samsung semiconductor factory, contracted leukemia during her time there and died from the disease in 2007.

Crowd-Sourced Film on Samsung Debuts
http://blogs.wsj.com/korearealtime/2013/10/09/crowd-sourced-film-on-samsung-debuts/

 
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Posted by on February 4, 2014 in Documentary, Industrial/Mine/Manufacturing, Safety & Health, Women

 

Popieluszko – Freedom Is Within Us

03 Feb

Another contemporary take on a life story on  early-‘Solidarity’ union hero;  more about struggle for freedom than labour struggles
In 1984 Jerzy Popiełuszko, widely known as the “Solidarność-Priest” for his role in the resistance against communism, was murdered by agents of the Polish internal intelligence agency. This film debut attracted over 1,3 million cinema viewers in Poland.
http://www.filmfestivalcottbus.de/en/archive/2012/films/pgm_id=1296&film_id=970&seite=3

 
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Posted by on February 3, 2014 in Drama, Industrial/Mine/Manufacturing, Labor History, Strikes-Strikebreaking-Lockouts

 

Black Thursday (CZARNY CZWARTEK)

03 Feb

by Antoni Krauze (Poland) –  contemporary take on the tragic events when Gdansk shipyard workers were killed by police during strike of December 1970 – got a FIPRESCI PRIZE (FIPRESCI Prize for a film in the World Competition) award at 37th Montreal World Film Festival.

Still a painfully remembered event, the brutally suppressed shipyard strikes of December 1970 get a stirring, street-level dramatization from Antoni Krauze that focuses on the tragic story of Brunon Drywa and family. When protests spread among coastal towns, troops in Gdynia responded by firing on people on their way to work; the victims would include Drywa, who was shot in the back. Filming on historic locations in Gdynia, Krauze forcefully brings to the screen a rarely depicted yet pivotal chapter in Polish history.

 
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Posted by on February 3, 2014 in Drama, Industrial/Mine/Manufacturing, Labor History, Safety & Health, Strikes-Strikebreaking-Lockouts

 

Women’s Day (Dzien Kobiet)

03 Feb

Halina is promoted to store manager of the supermarket chain „Motylek“ („Butterfly“). But her life as chief is just transient when she finds herself being abandoned by the system for being overly humane. Social-critical feature film debut by the famous Polish musician Maria Sadowska.’ The chains’ name ‘Butterfly’ is a paraphrase of an existing Portuguese-owned chain of discount supermarkets in Poland, which were infamous for the treatment of the workforce until unionised by NSZZ “Solidarność”
http://www.filmfestivalcottbus.de/en/archive/2012/films/pgm_id=1269&film_id=992&seite=3

 
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Posted by on February 3, 2014 in Drama, Farm & Food, Philosophy, Retail, Service Workers, Women

 
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