60m; South Africa
Director:
Synopsis: Documentary detailing labor strikes by South African unions against the apartheid regime.
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CUPE 3903 Strike Ads
9:56
Synopsis: These spoof ads were independently produced by graduate students in film and theater at York University during the CUPE 3903 strike of 2008/09. These individuals were not paid to specifically produce these ads. They, like picketers, were provided minimal strike pay of 10 $/hour for up to 20 hours/week. The funds for the Strike pay were derived from union dues paid by members on every paycheck prior to the strike. The equipment and space necessary for the production of these ads was either the personal property of these members or was borrowed, without charge, from various resources available to them as members of the filmmaking community.
Cabin in the Cotton (1932)
78m; U.S.
Director: Michael Curitz
Cast: Richard Barthelmess, Bette Davis and Dorothy Jordan
Synopsis (IMDB): A tenant farmer’s son is caught in the middle of owner-tenant disputes when he falls for the plantation owner’s seductive daughter.
Calcutta Calling (2006)
16m; India
Director: Andre Hörmann
Synopsis: Inside an Indian call center.
Calixto, The Landlord (No Hay Tierra Sin Dueño) [2003]
107m; Honduras
Director: Sami Kafati
Cast: José Luis López, Saul Toro and Daniel Vasquez
Synopsis (IMDB): The film tells the story of a ruthless landowner who commandeers property (both land and other men’s wives) and leaves a path of human suffering and death in his wake. The film describes an intersecting universe of entrenched power–in which the landowning class, colluding priests, corrupt government officials, violent police, and U.S. businessmen–conspiring to rape the land for their own profit and to suppress the local farmers. In contrast, the working peasants cherish the land as their own and struggle to break free from oppression to build homes and better lives for their families
Call Me Sister, Call Me Brother (1988)
21m; Canada
Director: Canadian Auto Workers
Synopsis: Documentary about sexual harassment on the job and the women who are affected by it. Video shows how the issue, if not dealt with, can weaken or destroy a local union by dividing men and women on issues.
Cama Adrento (2004)
83m; Argentina
Director: Jorge Gaggero
Synopsis: A wealthy woman and her live-in housekeeper must adjust their entrenched routines and relationship when Buenos Aires is plunged into an economic crisis.
Camera Buff (1979) (aka Amator)
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
117M
Writers: Krzysztof Kieslowski (dialogue), Jerzy Stuhr(dialogue)
Stars: Jerzy Stuhr, Malgorzata Zabkowska and Ewa Pokas
Camera Buff (Polish: Amator, meaning “amateur”) is a 1979 Polish film written and directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski and starring Jerzy Stuhr. The film is about a humble factory worker whose newfound hobby, amateur film, becomes an obsession, and transforms his modest and formerly contented life.[1] Camera Buff won the Polish Film Festival Golden Lion Award and the Moscow International Film Festival FIPRESCI Prize and Golden Prize in 1979, and the Berlin International Film Festival Otto Dibelius Film Award in 1980. (Wikipedia)
Campamento (1972)
Chile
Director: Tom Cohen and Richard Pearce
Synopsis: Depicts unalienated labor of slum dwellers who rebuild their own village in Allende’s Chile.
Can’t Do It In Europe (2006)
46m
Director: Charlotta Copcutt, Anna Weitz & Anna Klara Åhrén
Synopsis: CAN’T DO IT IN EUROPE portrays this new phenomenon of ‘reality tourism,’ whereby bored American or European travelers seek out real-life experiences as exciting tourist “adventures.” The film follows a group of such international tourists as they visit the mines in Potosi—the poorest city in the poorest nation in Latin America—where Bolivian miners work by hand, just as they did centuries ago, to extract silver from the earth.
Contact: http://icarusfilms.com/new2006/cant.html
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