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Toni (1935)

13 Jun

81m; France

Director: Jean Renoir

Cast: Charles Blavette, Celia Montalván and Jenny Hélia

Synopsis (IMDB): In the 1920s, the Provence is a magnet for immigrants seeking work in the quarries or in the agriculture. Many mingle with locals and settle down permanently – like Toni, an Italian who has moved in with Marie, a Frenchwoman. Even a well-ordered existence is not immune from boredom, friendship, love, or enmity, and Toni gets entangled in a web of increasingly passionate relationships. For there is his best pal Fernand, but also Albert, his overbearing foreman; there is Sebastian, a steady Spanish peasant, but also Gabi, his young rogue relative; there is Marie, but there is also Josefa.

 
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Posted by on June 13, 2012 in Drama, Immigrants/Immigration, Romance, Working Class

 

The Triangle Fire

13 Jun

52m; U.S.

Director: Roy Campolongo

Synopsis: The Triangle Fire documentary chronicles those remarkable times, when the rising forces of industry converged with the greatest mass migration in history. We explore the dramatic events of the late 19th, and early 20th century labor movement, that reached a crescendo with the Triangle shirtwaist factory fire of 1911. This film examines the relationship between New York’s rapidly growing metropolis, corrupt political infrastructure, an industry’s desire for profit, and the human rights of its workers. Furthermore, the documentary investigates how we have adapted today, to those epic events that would forever change the fabric of our nation.  Part of PBS’ “American Experience” series.

Contact: View online here: http://video.pbs.org/video/1817898383

 
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Posted by on June 13, 2012 in Available Online, Communism/Socialism, Documentary, Immigrants/Immigration, Labor History, Safety & Health, Textile Industry, Women

 

Tribute to Eliseo Medina (2006)

13 Jun

17m; U.S.

Synopsis: Story of Medina, who became UFCW VP and then SEIU VP, leading movement to organize immigrant workers and fight for immigration reform.

Contact: luciaduncan@gmail.com Jennifer.Wynter-Philis@seiu.org

 
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Posted by on June 13, 2012 in Biography, Collective Bargaining, Documentary, Immigrants/Immigration

 

Trouble Sleeping (2008)

13 Jun

42m; Ireland

Director: Robert Rae

Synopsis: Survivors of torture that become refugees in Edinburgh.

Contact: ktough@twe.org.uk 07971590315 (Cell)

 
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Posted by on June 13, 2012 in Documentary, Immigrants/Immigration, Politics

 

Two Aliens (2002)

13 Jun

55m;
Director: Suhi Choi

Suhi Choi received a BA in Korean History from Korea University in Seoul, MFA in TV Production from Brooklyn College in New York. She is a doctoral student of Mass Media and Communication Program, Temple University in Philadelphia. Her documentary, Two Aliens, dealing with conflicts between Korean grocery owners and Mexican workers in New York City, was presented both in the Brooklyn Museum of Art and Anthology Film Archives in Manhattan.

 
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Posted by on June 13, 2012 in Cities-Urban, Class, Documentary, Immigrants/Immigration

 

Two Lost Souls on a Dirty Night (2002)

13 Jun

100m; Brazil

Director: José Joffily

Cast: Guy Camilleri, Roberto Bomtempo and Theodoris Castellanos

Synopsis: Two Brailizans trade lack of opportunity in Brazil for illusion of the American Dream.

 
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Posted by on June 13, 2012 in Drama, Immigrants/Immigration, Working Class

 

Unbidden Voices (1989)

13 Jun

32m; 

Synopsis: Indian immigrant in Chicago.

 
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Posted by on June 13, 2012 in Cities-Urban, Immigrants/Immigration

 

Uncle Moses (1932)

13 Jun

88m; U.S.

Director: Sidney M. Goldin, Aubrey Scotto

Cast: Maurice Schwartz, Judith Abarbanel and Mark Schweid

Synopsis (IMDB): “Uncle” Moses is a wealthy garment store owner in the Lower East Side. He lords his wealth and its attendant power over the neighborhood, dispensing noblesse oblige and conducting casual affairs with numerous women. When he falls in love with the beautiful young daughter of one of his employees, he discovers what it is like to be beholden to another person. He convinces her to marry him, but she does so out of financial and social obligation, and Moses’ love remains distressingly unrequited. At the same time, the growing labor movement attacks him for his exploitative employment conditions, and Moses begins to doubt the truth of the American Dream he thought he had achieved.

 
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Posted by on June 13, 2012 in Cities-Urban, Drama, Immigrants/Immigration, Organizing, Textile Industry, Working Class

 

View from the Bridge (Vu du pont) [1962]

13 Jun

110m; France

Director: Sidney Lumet

Cast: Raf Vallone, Jean Sorel and Maureen Stapleton

Synopsis: Eddie Carbone, a Brooklyn longshoreman is unhappily married to Beatrice and unconsciously in love with Catherine, the niece that they have raised from childhood. Into his house come two brothers, illegal immigrants, Marco and Rodolpho. Catherine falls in love with Rudolpho; and Eddie, tormented but unable to admit even to himself his quasi-incestuous love, reports the illegal immigrants to the authorities.

 
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Posted by on June 13, 2012 in Drama, Immigrants/Immigration, Working Class

 

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Valley of Tears (2003)

13 Jun

82m; U.S.

Director: Hart Perry

Cast: Mikel Weisser

Synopsis (IMDB): “Valley of Tears” begins in 1979 with a farm strike in South Texas. When pistols were flourished and strike leaders arrested, migrant worker Juanita Valdez recalls: “We realized for the first time Mexican-Americans had rights, that we were the majority….that we were Americans.” It took over 20 years to document this dream come true.

 
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Posted by on June 13, 2012 in Collective Bargaining, Documentary, Farm & Food, Immigrants/Immigration, Organizing, Strikes-Strikebreaking-Lockouts

 
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