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The Concrete Revolution (2004)

13 Jun

62m; China

Director: Xiaolu Guo

Synopsis: A look at life in a rapidly developing new China. Workers recruited from villages into Beijing’s construction industry tell their stories of a culture in flux. Their displacement from loved ones, financial desperation, and hopes are set against the backdrop of the city they are daily transforming in preparation for the 2008 Olympics. Prolific young novelist and filmmaker Xiaolu Guo illustrates with reference to her own migration from a provincial fishing village, music, and stories of her own.

 
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Posted by on June 13, 2012 in Cities-Urban, Construction Trades, Documentary, Migrant workers

 

The Curious Case of the Missing Recovery (2010)

13 Jun

13m; Canada

Director: Michael Connolly

Synopsis: “Stanfordo” searches far and wide for answers to a mystery that continues to baffle hard-working Canadians. How can the federal government and Bank of Canada proclaim an economic recovery when hundreds of thousands of workers are still jobless, and millions are still reeling from one of the worst downturns since the Great Depression?

 
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Posted by on June 13, 2012 in Documentary, Politics, Unemployment-Wages

 

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The Dark Side of Chocolate (2010)

13 Jun

47m; Denmark

Director: Miki Mistrati and U Roberto Romano

Synopsis (IMDB): A team of journalists investigate how human trafficking and child labor in the Ivory Coast fuels the worldwide chocolate industry. The crew interview both proponents and opponents of these alleged practices, and use hidden camera techniques to delve into the gritty world of cocoa plantations.

Contact: http://www.thedarksideofchocolate.org/

 
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Posted by on June 13, 2012 in Documentary, Farm & Food, Global Economy, Slavery

 

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The Delano Manongs: Forgotten Heroes of the UFW (2010)

13 Jun

60m; U.S.

Director: Marissa Aroy

Synopsis: The Delano Manongs tells the unknown history of a group of Filipino farmworkers in Delano, California who toiled under the yoke of racism for decades, then rose up in their twilight years to fight for fair wages and ethical work conditions to help create the united farmworkers union (UFW).

Contact: http://www.delanomanongs.com/

 
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Posted by on June 13, 2012 in Collective Bargaining, Documentary, Farm & Food, Immigrants/Immigration, Organizing, Strikes-Strikebreaking-Lockouts

 

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The Devil’s Miner (2005)

13 Jun

82m; Bolivia

Director: Kief Davidson & Richard Ladkani

Synopsis: ‘The Devil’s Miner’ tells the story of 14-year-old Basilio who worships the devil for protection while working in a Bolivian silver mine to support his family.

Contact: Urban Landscapes Productions and La Mita Loca Films office@thedevilsminer.com http://www.thedevilsminer.com

 
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Posted by on June 13, 2012 in Children, Documentary

 

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The Doorman

13 Jun

80m; U.S.

Director: Wayne Price

Cast: Mevlut Akkaya, Lucas Akoskin and Alex Aldi

Synopsis (IMDB): New York City’s most famous and powerful nightclub gatekeeper, Trevor W., has somehow managed to lose his job at the door – but can’t shake the documentary film crew following him. Trevor will play tour guide on his awkward journey down to earth as he comes to terms with his ego, identity and career options

 
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Posted by on June 13, 2012 in Comedy, Entertainment Industry, Unemployment-Wages

 

The Electricity Fairy (2009)

13 Jun

60m; U.S.

Director: Tom Hansell

Synopsis: The Electricity Fairy will be an hour-long public television program that examines America’s national addiction to fossil fuels through the lens of electricity.

Contact: Appalshop, Inc. 91 Madison Ave – Whitesburg, KY 41858 (606)633-0108 – (606)633-1009 (fax) thansell@appalshop.org

 
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Posted by on June 13, 2012 in Documentary, Environment

 

The Front (1976)

13 Jun

95m; U.S.

Director: Martin Ritt

Cast: Woody Allen, Zero Mostel and Herschel Bernardi

Synopsis (IMDB): In the early 1950s Howard Prince, who works in a restaurant, helps out a black-listed writer friend by selling a TV station a script under his own name. The money is useful in paying off gambling debts, so he takes on three more such clients. Howard is politically pretty innocent, but involvement with Florence – who quits TV in disgust over things – and friendship with the show’s ex-star – now himself blacklisted – make him start to think about what is really going on.

 
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Posted by on June 13, 2012 in Arts/Culture, Comedy, Communism/Socialism, Drama, Entertainment Industry

 

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The GAMA Strike – We Are Workers Not Slaves (2006)

13 Jun

60m; Ireland

Director: Socialist Party of Ireland

Synopsis (Indybay): “The GAMA Strike – We Are Workers Not Slaves” by the Socialist Party of Ireland describes how Turkish workers took on their employer, Turkish-owned multinational construction giant GAMA. Assisted by the Socialist Party (Ireland), whose members first exposed the scandalous wages and conditions being paid by GAMA to its Turkish workers, they engaged in a bitter and hard fought battle, which eventually brought GAMA to heel.

Contact: Full documentary available to view here:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8522850390691204183

 
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Posted by on June 13, 2012 in Available Online, Construction Trades, Documentary, Global Economy, Migrant workers, Strikes-Strikebreaking-Lockouts, Working Class

 

The Garden (2008)

13 Jun

80m; U.S.

Director: Scott Hamilton Kennedy

Cast: Danny Glover, Daryl Hannah and Antonio Villaraigosa

Synopsis (IMDB): The 14 acre community garden in South Central Los Angeles was the largest of it’s kind in the United States. It was started as a form of healing after the devastating L.A. riots in 1992. Since that time, the South Central Farmers have created a miracle in one of the country’s most blighted neighborhoods. Growing their own food. Feeding their families. Creating a community. But now bulldozers threaten their oasis. The Garden is an unflinching look at the struggle between these urban farmers and the City of Los Angeles and a powerful developer who want to evict them and build warehouses.

 
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Posted by on June 13, 2012 in Cities-Urban, Documentary, Farm & Food, Politics

 
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