R; 1h 53m
A hard-working, blue-collar dad just wants to provide a good life for his quick-witted 10-year-old daughter. His mundane San Fernando Valley pool cleaning job is a front for his real source of income: hunting and killing vampires.
‘Day Shift’ Review: Stakes Out
16m
Salesgirl discovers the ultimate secret to regularization.
A Dark Satire About Worker Exploitation in the Philippines
1h 13m
The film is a kaleidoscopic gaze on the exploitative working conditions experienced by migrant domestic workers hired under the Kafala system in Lebanon. Meagre wages, manipulation and a room without windows. Lebanon’s countless maids fight back against the mechanisms of modern slavery.
Director: Roser Corella
Locally produced (DC) on a low budget, when it premiered at Fade to Black Film Festival, it really energized other restaurant workers in the audience.
MacKenzie River Foy (she/they)
Storyteller | Producer | Archivist
1h 27m
Filmmaker Abigail Disney examines income inequality at her family’s company, asking why the American dream seems so out of reach for so many.
The Magic Kingdom Is Tragic for Workers
Just when Julie finally gets an interview for a job that will let her raise her children better, she runs into a national transportation strike.
“Full Time,” Reviewed: A Hectic Thriller of Everyday Life
Based on French journalist Florence Aubenas’s bestselling non-fiction work Le Quai de Ouistreham, investigating rising precarity in French society through her experiences in the northern port city of Caen.
‘Between Two Worlds’ Review: Juliette Binoche Goes Undercover
A film by Joanna James
The documentary A Fine Line explores why less than 7% of head chefs and restaurant owners are women, when traditionally women have always held the central role in the kitchen.
Featuring candid interviews with world-renowned chefs including World’s Best Female Chef Dominique Crenn, Emmy Award-winning TV host Lidia Bastianich, two Michelin-starred chef April Bloomfield, Iron Chef Cat Cora, World’s Best Chef Daniel Humm and many more, A Fine Line grapples with themes sparking national conversations right now, including workplace harassment, equal pay, paid parental leave and career advancement.
56 min. | SDH Captions | Scene Selection
Director: Alexander Humilde
2018; 6m
“In the urban jungle of Manila, the call centre capital of the world, anonymous call centre agents from Manila spill the beans on the Philippines’ most in-demand job. Their stories reveal prevalent truths about the effects of rapid westernization, all of which take place just on the other side of our phone calls.”
Alexander Humilde’s Nightcaller documentary debuts on Air Canada flights
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