Set within Chicago’s labyrinth of alleyways, Scrappers is a cinema verite portrait of Otis and Oscar, two scrap metal scavengers searching for a living with brains, brawn and battered pickup trucks. The film shows how globalization, the 2008 financial crisis, crackdowns on undocumented immigrants and widespread scrap metal theft affect these men and their families. (Written by Ben Kolak on IMDB)
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Seacoal (1985)
82m;
Synopsis (IMDB): A visually powerful drama exploring the raw capitalism of seacoaling, rooted in a documentary engagement with the community of seacoalers on Lynemouth Beach in Northumberland.
Seasons in the Valley (2008)
Director: Adam Matalon
Synopsis: Jamaican H2 workers in New York’s Hudson Valley.
Contact: Adam (director/producer) 914-736-6400 6465490151 cel
Second Chances – Union Made (2008)
55m; U.S.
Director: Kelly Candaele
Synopsis: Follows union members who came out of street gangs and prison into the building trades unions and as a result changed their lives
Contact: kcandaele@sbcglobal.net 323-547-1183 (Cell)
The Secret of the Grain (La Graine et le mulet) [2007]
151m; France
Director: Abdellatif Kechiche
Cast: Habib Boufares, Hafsia Herzi, Farida Benkhetache, Farida Benkhetache, Abdelhamid Aktouche, Leila D’Issernio
Synopsis: An idiosyncratic story about life, ambitions, frustrations, courage and indolence among North African migrant families in the south of France. After he’s laid off from the shipbuilding wharf, the ageing Slimane wants to start a restaurant on a ship.
Contact: International Film Festival Rotterdam Production Department: production@filmfestivalrotterdam.com Distributor: Pathe: florian.genetet@pathe.com Catherine MONTOUCHET: Catherine.Montouchet@pathe.com
Secrets of Silicon Valley (2001)
60m; U.S.
Director: Deborah Kaufman/Alan Snitow
Synopsis: Temp workers/high tech workers
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