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Like A Bird In A Cage: Women in Desa Resistance (2009)

30m; Turkey

Director: Güliz Sağlam, Feryal Saygılıgil

Synopsis: Documentary about the resistance of Emine Arslan, fired from the Desa Sefaköy factory in Istanbul, and the female workers who were fired from the Düzce factory. All the women who were fired are union members. The film reveals the working conditions of women, the experience they gain while organizing, the advantages of resistance, their relationship with the union, their hopes and expectations and the Istanbul Women’s Platform, which is in solidarity with them throughout the strike.

Contact: Güliz Saglam Documentary maker tel:0090 532 583 74 55 gulizsaglam@hotmail.com

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Posted by Metro Council on April 20, 2012 in Documentary, Industrial/Mine/Manufacturing, Organizing, Strikes-Strikebreaking-Lockouts, Women

Like a Beautiful Child

20 Apr

Director: Harold Mayer

Synopsis: Strike and development of Drug and Hospital Workers Union in New York City.

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Posted by Metro Council on April 20, 2012 in Documentary, Organizing, Safety & Health, Service Workers, Strikes-Strikebreaking-Lockouts

The Liquid Fire (1962)

20 Apr

29m; U.S.

Director: Martin Hoade

Synopsis: This is an episode of the NBC religious program “The Eternal Light” and was produced by the Jewish Theological Seminary. It is a docu-drama presentation of the life of Samuel Gompers, a key founder and first head of the American Federation of Labor from the 1880s to the 1920s.

Contact: The film can be viewed here: http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc13671/m1/

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Posted by Metro Council on April 20, 2012 in Documentary, Immigrants/Immigration, Labor History, Organizing

The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun (1999)

20 Apr

43m; Senegal

Director: Djibril Diop Mambety

Cast: Lissa Balera, Aminata Fall and Tayerou M’Baye

Synopsis: African master Djibril Diop Mambety’s final film brings us the feisty Sili Lam, a twelve year old paraplegic who becomes the first girl to sell a daily newspaper in the competitive world of young male newspaper vendors. She takes on a policeman whom she accuses of shaking her down as well as the boys who taunt her. When some boys take her newspapers and crutches, and her friend asks her “What next?” she triumphantly responds, “We continue”. The scenes – moving, satiric and comic, are expertly played by non-professional actors to a score by acclaimed musician Wasis Diop (Mambety’s brother).

Contact: The film can be viewed here: http://www.fandor.com/films/the_little_girl_who_sold_the_sun

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Posted by Metro Council on April 20, 2012 in Children, Women

Live-In Maid (2004)

20 Apr

83m; Argentina

Director: Jorge Gaggero

Cast: Norma Aleandro, Norma Argentina and Marcos Mundstock

Synopsis (IMDB): A wealthy woman and her live-in housekeeper must adjust their entrenched routine and relationship when Buenos Aires is plunged into economic crisis.,

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Posted by Metro Council on April 20, 2012 in Drama, Netflix Watch Instantly, Service Workers, White Collar, Women, Working Class

Living By the River (2009)

20 Apr

24m; Nepal

Director: Manoj Raj Pandey

Synopsis: Documentary about one of the marginalized group of people who have been living and working on the bank of Narayani River in Nepal for generations. After the National park was established they were deprived of fishing, discontinuing their traditional livelihood.

Contact: Ramesh Badal Secretary-DFA DFA

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Posted by Metro Council on April 20, 2012 in Documentary, Environment, Farm & Food

Living Wage 101 (2005)

20 Apr

25m; U.S.

Director: Georgetown Solidarity Committee

Synopsis: Documentary chronicling the 5 year campaign of Georgetown campus workers and students to win a living wage for many campus workers, including the 2005 10-day hunger strike which won a historic living wage policy. Documentary is intended in part to help inspire and educate other students to organize similar campaigns on their campuses.

Contact: View the film here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQRaJvyDzo0

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Posted by Metro Council on April 20, 2012 in Available Online, Documentary, Education, Immigrants/Immigration, Organizing, Service Workers, Streaming Online (Youtube, Vimeo)

Locked Out (2010)

20 Apr

There are 2 versions: a 60 minute one with narration and a 90 minute one without; U.S.

Director: Joan Sekler
Synopsis: David and Goliath story of how 560 unionized (ILWU) miners in the desert town of Boron, California stood up to their employer Rio Tinto, a giant multinational mining company, and won a decent contract after being locked out of their jobs for 107 days and replaced by scabs.
Contact: http://www.lockedout2010.org/index.html

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Posted by Metro Council on April 20, 2012 in Documentary, Organizing, Strikes-Strikebreaking-Lockouts

Tags: Mining

Locked Out in America: Voices from Ravenswood

20 Apr

30m; U.S.

Director: Barbara Kopple

Synopsis: Documentary examines lockout at the dispute between the Ravenswood Aluminum Company and Local 5668 of the United Steelworkers in Ravenswood, WV.

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Posted by Metro Council on April 20, 2012 in Documentary, Industrial/Mine/Manufacturing, Outsourcing, Strikes-Strikebreaking-Lockouts