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The Hunger Games (2012)

30 Aug

142m; U.S.

Director: Gary Ross

Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Donald Sutherland

Synopsis: In a dystopic future North America called Panem, the wealthy elite who live in the central city (known as the Capitol) exploit the impoverished workers of the rest of the country who are divided into twelve districts.  The Capitol employs a range of social controls, including the Hunger Games, an annual event where two children from each district are thrown into an arena and fight until only one is left alive.

Into these games is thrust Katniss Everdeen, the daughter of a coal miner, who must use her wits and skills to survive while trying to maintain her humanity, even as her examples of resistance and solidarity begin to inspire some of the districts towards rebellion.

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Posted by on August 30, 2012 in Children, Cities-Urban, Class, Crime-Action, Drama, Politics, SciFi, Women, Working Class

 

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The Price of Childhood (2010)

13 Jul

90m; U.S./Nepal

Director: Kan Yan

Synopsis: The story of child laborers in Nepal is a story of ethnic oppression, simple cruelty and remarkable hope. The Price of Childhood seeks to explain this phenomenon through the narratives of those who live with child labor—children, parents, owners, activists, government officials, scholars, and normal folks we meet along the way. In better understanding the situation from these various perspectives, the film aims to assist in improving the lives of those who suffer.

Contact: http://www.priceofchildhood.org/

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<p><a href=”http://vimeo.com/15004778″>Price of Childhood Trailer</a> from <a href=”http://vimeo.com/kan”>Kan Yan</a> on <a href=”http://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a&gt;.</p>

 
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Posted by on July 13, 2012 in Children, Documentary, Organizing

 

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 Motherhood Manifesto

13 Jun

2007, US, 58 minutes
Directed by Laura Pacheco
Produced by John de Graaf and Laura Pacheco
Writer – John de Graaf
Executive Producer – Joan Blades
Photographer/Editor – Diana Wilmar
Music – Claudia Schmidt
Narrator – Mary Steenburgen

Looks at the obstacles facing working mothers and families and the employer and public policy changes needed to restore work-life balance.

 

 

 
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Posted by on June 13, 2012 in Children, Documentary, Service Workers, Women

 

The Trap (2007)

13 Jun

115m; Serbia/Germany/Hungary

Director: Srdan Golubovic

Synopsis: Modern film noir reflecting the true face of Serbian “society in transition,” THE TRAP is an archetypal story of a parent’s worst nightmare—a dying child—and how far a man is willing to go to save him. In post-Milosevic’s Serbia there is no more war, however, normal life remains almost unreachable, and when Mladen is offered an only chance to save his son, he must confront moral and existential demons and decide how to measure the worth of a human life.

 
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Posted by on June 13, 2012 in Children, Drama, Working Class

 

The Hawks and the Sparrows (Uccellacci e uccellini) [1966]

13 Jun

89m; Italy

Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini

Contact: Totò, Ninetto Davoli and Femi Benussi

Synopsis: Humorous jaunt of working class young man and father to the big city accompanied by a crow who talks revolution and whom they eventually kill and eat.

 
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Posted by on June 13, 2012 in Children, Communism/Socialism, Drama, Experimental, Philosophy

 

The Way We Laughed (Così ridevano) [1998]

13 Jun

124m; Italy

Director: Gianni Amelio

Cast: Francesco Giuffrida, Enrico Lo Verso and Rosaria Danzè

Synopsis (IMDB): Turin at the end of the fifties: two brothers have emigrated there from Sicily and the older works very hard to let the younger study and free himself from poverty through culture. The boy however is not keen on school and would like to begin to work. When after some time he gets his degree however things take a violent and dramatic turn

 
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Posted by on June 13, 2012 in Children, Drama, Education, Working Class

 

The Harvest (La Cosecha) [2010]

13 Jun

Synopsis: THE HARVEST will be told from adolescents’ perspectives as we meet 5 of the more than 400,000 to 500,000 children between the ages of 5 and 16 who labor in fields and factories to feed us, lacking the protections offered by the Fair Labor Standards Act that all other American children enjoy. We follow them as they follow the 2009 harvest, working throughout the spring, summer and early fall until they return to school in early November, struggle to catch up, only to be forced to leave school again the following April.

Contact: Shine Global 973 746-7257 646 442-1712 http://www.shineglobal.org/?page_id=19 Susan MacLaury, Executive Director: susan@shineglobal.org Rebecca Katz, Executive Assistant: rebecca@shineglobal.org Ruth Sarlin, Fundraising: ruth@shineglobal.org

 
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Posted by on June 13, 2012 in Children, Documentary, Farm & Food, Netflix Watch Instantly

 

Zoned for Slavery: The Child Behind the Label (1995)

13 Jun

23m; U.S.

Director: National Labor Committee

Synopsis: Investigation of very young working women in the Free Trade Zone in Honduras and consequences on their lives due to exploitation (below subsistence wages, lack of access to education, health hazards, forced contraception, denied freedom, harassment, etc.). A National Labor Committee (NLC) representative speaks about workers’ actual wages, the cost of production (for ex., 12 cents for a 20$ Gap shirt), the US tax support for free trade zones, and the pressure on companies to produce in free trade zones and the effect on American workers. The NLC representative looks at the wider economic impact of paying low wages (trading with people earning wages below the subsistence level is impossible). Detailed interviews with workers. Heated discussion with management as the representative gets caught asking workers questions without management’s permission.

–http://www.cleanclothes.org/campaigns-list/839–dvd-title-zoned-for-slavery-the-child-behind-the-label

Contact: Available online: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XtYhfcEZ9A

 
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Posted by on June 13, 2012 in Available Online, Children, Documentary, Global Economy, Streaming Online (Youtube, Vimeo), Textile Industry

 

USW Local 6500 Xmas Party ’09 (2009)

13 Jun

3:50m; U.S.

Director: Stuart Cryer

Synopsis: Steelworkers local 6500 has been on strike against Vale-INCO for five months, so as the holiday season approaches, it’s time for their kids to have a bit of a celebration.

Contact: Stuart Cryer terraV@cyberbeach.net

 
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Posted by on June 13, 2012 in Available Online, Children, Documentary, Streaming Online (Youtube, Vimeo), Strikes-Strikebreaking-Lockouts

 
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