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Cinderella of the Cape Flats (2004)

21 Feb

58m; South Africa

Director: Jane Kennedy

Synopsis: Everyday the women of South Africa’s garment industry labor in anonymity to create clothes that make other women look beautiful. At their Annual Spring Pageant, however, the workers get to wear the clothes they make. Set during the days leading up to the pageant, Cinderella of the Cape Flats celebrates the lives of these hard-working women. Screens with Being Pavarotti.

Contact: email: jane@trinityproductions.co.za Land line: +27 21 7885667 Mobile: +27 82 4450696

 
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Posted by on February 21, 2012 in Documentary, Global Economy, Industrial/Mine/Manufacturing, Women, Working Class

 

City of Cigars (2006)

21 Feb

28m; Nicaragua

Director: Jens Pederson

Synopsis: In Northern Nicaragua, in the city of Estilí, Luz and her colleagues make beautiful cigars that are sold worldwide. While it’s common knowledge that one dies from smoking it’s less known that the production of tobacco is equally dangerous to the health.

Contact: jjp@net.dialog.dk (+45) 40757172 (Work)

 
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Posted by on February 21, 2012 in Documentary, Global Economy, Safety & Health, Working Class

 

Code 46 (2003)

21 Feb

92m; U.K

Director: Michael Winterbottom

Cast: Tim Robbins, Samantha Morton

Synopsis: Dystopian science-fiction movie about a doomed romance between a bureaucrat and a “genetically incompatible” woman.  Intriguing premise, but somewhat esoteric in execution.

 
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Posted by on February 21, 2012 in Global Economy, SciFi, White Collar, Women

 

Controlling Interest: The World of the Multinational Corporation (1978)

21 Feb

45m

Director: Larry Edelman

Synopsis: Show how pursuit of profit leads multinational corporations to hunt out ‘investment opportunities’ in low-wage countries and in the process promote US imperialism.

 
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Posted by on February 21, 2012 in Documentary, Global Economy

 

Demonlover (2002)

21 Feb

129m; Germany

Director: Olivier Assayas

Cast: Connie Nielsen, Gina Gershon and Chloë Sevigny

Synopsis: Two corporations compete for illicit 3D manga pornography, sending spies to infiltrate each other’s operations.

 
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Posted by on February 21, 2012 in Drama, Global Economy

 

The Deported (2007)

21 Feb

22m; South Korea

Director: Musgtaque Ahmed

Synopsis: Struggle of Bangladeshi and Nepali workers in South Korea and the effects of the government crackdown on these immigrant workers.

 
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Posted by on February 21, 2012 in Documentary, Global Economy, Immigrants/Immigration, Working Class

 

Digital Handcraft. China`s Global Factory for Computers (2008)

21 Feb

28m; Germany

Director: Alexandra Welt

Synopsis: Digital handcraft is an educational film, a portrait of the process of computer hardware production. It displays the organisation of production in global value chains and investigates the conditions of life and labour for millions of migrant worker in China’s factories, which manufacture the hardware for the immaterial production of the 21st century. This film takes a look at the flipside of globalised computer production, which is incongruous with the “clean” image the industry usually displays. By interviewing both activists and workers, the film investigates the current situation as well as future possibilities for improving their situation. Furthermore, the film looks at issues surrounding the illegal shipping of computer scrap parts from Germany to developing countries.

Contact: http://vimeo.com/18616242 PARKAFILM Alexandra Weltz aw@parkafilm.cc

 
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Posted by on February 21, 2012 in Available Online, Documentary, Global Economy, Industrial/Mine/Manufacturing, Safety & Health, Streaming Online (Youtube, Vimeo)

 

Distant Lives (2003)

21 Feb

105m; Germany

Director: Hans-Christian Schmid

Cast: Andrzej Górak, Anna Yanovskaya and Sergey Frolov

Synopsis (IMDB): This movie reflects on the situation around the border between Poland and Germany. The fate of many single characters creates a picture of life in this region: Some Russians want to cross the border illegal to get into Germany, a company wants to build a new factory, a Polish taxi driver desperately needs money to buy his daughter a communion dress, and so on

 
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Posted by on February 21, 2012 in Drama, Global Economy, Immigrants/Immigration, Outsourcing, Working Class

 

Dubai: One City, Two Faces (2008)

21 Feb

29m; United Arab Emirates

Director: Ines Mendia

Synopsis: The documentary shows the underside of money in Dubai, a city where too much is never enough, and human rights are forgotten.

Contact: inesmendiaerror@yahoo.es 690607271 (Cell)

 
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Posted by on February 21, 2012 in Documentary, Global Economy, Working Class

 

End of the Rainbow (2007)

21 Feb

52m or 83m; 

Director: Robert Nugent

Synopsis: End of the Rainbow provides a concise, in-depth look at the impact of global extractive industries on local populations, their economy, their traditions and their environment. It depicts in striking details the confrontation of two cultures, one indigenous the other a unique reflection of the age of globalization. The film uses a gold mine in Guinea to explore whether concessions granted to transnational corporations are in the interest of the companies, the governing elite or the local community.

 
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Posted by on February 21, 2012 in Documentary, Global Economy, Politics

 

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