112m; U.S.
Director: Julie Dash
Cast: Cora Lee Day, Alva Rogers and Barbarao
Synopsis: Languid look at the Gullah culture of the sea islands off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia where African folk-ways were maintained well into the 20th Century and was one of the last bastion of these mores in America. Set in 1902.
10m
Director: LA Alliance for a New Economy
Synopsis: Victory of a community-labor coalition that defeated Wal-Mart’s efforts to locate a mega-store in Inglewood.
70m; Israel
Director: Ayelet Bargur
Synopsis: At-risk teens in Jerusalem apartment project struggle to maintain normal life and keep off the streets.
Contact: Ayelet Bargur, eyelet6@013.net 971-3-6041225; 972-52-2204734
Washington, D.C.
Contact: Jose Vanegas Day Labor Coordinator Reston Interfaith Inc. 703-338-2308 joserestonfaith@yahoo.com
95m; U.S.
Director: Sergio Arau
Synopsis: One day California wakes up and not a single Latino is left in the state. They have all inexplicably disappeared, chaos, tragedy, and comedy quickly ensue. NOT SCREENED
115m; Italy
Director: Silvio Soldini
Synopsis: Well-to-do, sophisticated Italian couple face upheavals when the husband is fired by the company he founded. Exhausted by an unsuccessful job hunt, the husband lets himself go, alternating between vivacity and apathy and the growing distance between them eventually leads to a break-up. Only when they part will they realize that they risk losing their most precious possession: the love that binds them.
Contact: http://www.filmmovement.com/filmcatalog/index.asp?MerchandiseID=165 Film Movement, Cambria Matlow: Cambria@filmmovement.com; 212-941-7744 ext. 205
28m
Synopsis (AFSC): Produced by supporters of the strike by workers at the A.E. Staley corn sweetener plant in Decatur, IL, this program is an excellent review of the basic grievances behind the decision to strike. Shows that because of corporate attitudes about the dangerous chemicals used at the plant, the Staley company is becoming dangerous to the health and safety of its 800 workers and the community around it. Interviews with workers who talk about the horrors of a particular incident are a powerful indictment of corporate greed and indifference. Excellent sections on the hidden corporate web of control that Staley is part of and on issues of health and safety in the workplace. Can be followed up with Struggle in the Heartland.
33m; U.S.
Director: Mark Lammert
Synopsis: When a John Deere plant closes in Welland Ontario, director Mark Lammert explores the causes and effects of their decision to move south.
50m; Colombia
Director: Silvia Maria Hoyos
Synopsis: Stories of Five Workers Under Threat In Colombia.
30m; U.S.
Director: Bernard Sanders and Nancy Barnett
Synopsis: Biography of Eugene V. Debs and his relation to unionism and American social history.
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