9m; U.S.
Director: Maurer, Fleisher, and Zon
Synopsis: Educational still film with voice-over narration explains why and how to organize a COPE within a union.
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Distant Lives (2003)
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
Do Higher Wages Cause Higher Prices? (1957)
15m; U.S.
Director: US Department of Education in association with the AFL-CIO Department of Research
Do No Harm (2009)
55m; U.S.
Director: Rebecca Schanberg
Synopsis: Two reluctant whistleblowers in a small Georgia town endure relentless attacks as the struggle to draw national attention to hospital corruption and the plight of the uninsured.
Do They Catch Children Too? (2003)
49m; Israel
Director: Hedva Galili-Smolinsky
Synopsis: Immigrant workers’ children in Israel.
Do U Cry 4 Me Argentina? (2005)
Director: Be youn Suk
Synopsis: Illegal Korean immigrants working in Argentina.
Doing the Right Thing
Synopsis: How the Worker’s Party government in Porto Alegre, Brazil has transformed the city into a model of participatory development.
Dois Perdidos Numa Noite Suja (2003)
Director: Jose Joffily
Synopsis: Illegal Brazilian immigrants in New York City
Contact: http://www.doisperdidos.com.br/pub/index_ing.htm Contact E-mail: filmes@ism.com.br
Dollar A Day, 10 Cents a Dance (1984)
30m; U.S.
Director: Geoffrey Dunn
Synopsis: Filipino immigrant farmworkers in the Pajardo (CA) Valley.
The Dollmaker (1984)
150m; U.S.
Director: Daniel Petrie
Cast: Jane Fonda, Mike Bacarella, Etel Billig and Phyllis Boyens
Synopsis (IMDB): Jane Fonda gives an Emmy-winning performance as Gertie Nevels, a pioneer woman and the mother of five from the Kentucky hills who is forced to uproot her children to follow her husband Clovis (Levon Helm) to Detroit when he finds work during World War II. One setback follows another and shattering tragedy strikes the family. It’s all up to Gertie to find new strength, courage and determination to keep her family together and strong.
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