52m; U.S.
Director: Line Halvorsen
Synopsis: University Professor Sami Al-Arian targeted by US after 9/11
Category Archives: Education
Un Poquito de Tanta Verdad (2007)
93m; Mexico
Director: Jill Friedberg
Synopsis: People of Oaxaca take the media into their own hands in support of the teachers’ strike.
Uncommon Knowledge (2006)
28m; U.S.
Director: Eliza Hemenway
Synopsis: Privatization at UC San Francisco.
The Way We Laughed (Così ridevano) [1998]
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
Workers’ Voices (2009)
2.5m; U.K.
Director: Gary Williams
Synopsis: Three school meals workers talk about their jobs and working for Chartwell’s. Filmed as part of the UNISON Three Companies project organizing blitz on 4th November 2009
The Janitor (2009)
7m
Director: Josephine Anderson
Synopsis: This short documentary follows the daily struggles of two janitors at a North American university. The film takes a critical look at the communication, or lack of communication, that happens between janitors and those that use the facilities they clean. Shot at Capilano University, in North Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Contact: Josephine Anderson josephineanderson@gmail.com http://www.youtube.com/user/joeyphine#p/a/u/0/yJuaMmjSJjM
The Trotsky (2009)
120m; Canada
Director: Jacob Tierney
Cast: Liane Balaban, Jay Baruchel and Taylor Baruchel
Synopsis: Leon Bronstein is a high school student in Montreal West who is absolutely convinced he is the reincarnation of Leon Trotsky. After leading a hunger strike with some of his fellow private school peers against his father, the owner of a textile factory who will not allow the workers to unionize, Leon is sent to public school. There he finds apathy, but also potential and begins to organize a student union, while also pursuing an older woman he is convinced he must marry. A very funny and smart film that includes a lot of genuine moments about the power of organizing, and a lot of jokes about labor and left-wing history.
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Simple Matter of Justice (2001)
30m; U.S.
Director: Barbara Wolf
Synopsis: Organizing in academia.
Contact: Michael Dembrow, PCC Faculty Federation, mdembrow@pcc.edu
Sin Verguenza (Without Shame) [2008]
Director: Students Informing Now (SIN)
Synopsis: Experiences of UCSC students from migrant backgrounds.
Contact: Jennifer McNulty (831) 459-2495; jmcnulty@ucsc.edu (wrote story on UCSC website: http://www.ucsc.edu/news_events/text.asp?pid=2149) Pedro Espinosa: joelfilms@gmail.com
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