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Christ in Concrete (aka Give Us This Day) [1949]

21 Feb

120m; U.K.

Director: Edward Dmytryk

Synopsis: Italian immigrant Germenio (blacklisted American actor Sam Wanamaker), exploits his fellow workers in dangerous construction work in order to provide for his own family. Set in NYC’s Little Italy (but shot entirely in England!), this compelling working class drama was the only film made by director Dmytryk after he refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee and before he became a “friendly” witness. immigrants; construction workers

 
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Posted by on February 21, 2012 in Construction Trades, Drama, Politics, Working Class

 

City of Hope (1991)

21 Feb

129m; U.S.

Director: John Sayles

Synopsis: Urban politics, focusing on the tensions between urban redevelopment and community development in a city undergoing gentrification; based on Jersey City or Hoboken, NJ. It has some interesting scenes about organizing and politics.

 
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Posted by on February 21, 2012 in Blacks, Drama, Industrial/Mine/Manufacturing, Politics, Working Class

 

Coal Mining and the Black Lung Movement (2008)

21 Feb

U.S.

Synopsis: Three-part documentary of a political movement called the Black Lung Movement, centered in southern West Virginia. The DVD has three separate films on it – “Black Lung: A History (MSHA), News coverage of 1960’s Black Lung Movement, and “Reflections” which is a history of MSHA and federal government agencies over the decades that worked on protecting miners.

Contact: Richard Hanna, District Director U.S. Department of Labor ESA/OWCP/DCMWC Charleston Federal Center – Suite 110 500 Quarrier Street Charleston, West Virginia 25301 Commercial: (304) 347-7100 Toll-Free (800) 347-3749 Hanna.Richard@dol.gov

 
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Posted by on February 21, 2012 in Documentary, Organizing, Politics, Safety & Health, Working Class

 

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Come Back Africa (1960)

21 Feb

95m

Director: Lionel Rogosin

Cast: Zachria Makeba, Miriam Makeba, Vinah Makeba, Molly Parkin

Synopsis: New print of what is now a classic ‘docu-fictie’ provides a unique picture of South Africa in the 1950s, made at that time under great pressure of time with non-professional actors and without permission from the authorities. Zacharia is a worker without a work permit and therefore falls victim to exploitation, sudden dismissal and arrest.

Contact: International Film Festival Rotterdam Production Department: production@filmfestivalrotterdam.com

 
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Posted by on February 21, 2012 in Blacks, Drama, Politics, Working Class

 

Come See the Paradise (1992)

21 Feb

138m; U.S.

Director: Alan Parker

Synopsis: Internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II.

 
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Posted by on February 21, 2012 in Politics, Working Class

 

The Comedy of Power (2006)

21 Feb

110m; France

Director: Claude Chabrol

Cast:  Isabelle Huppert, François Berléand and Patrick Bruel

Synopsis: Inspired by the Elf Aquitaine scandal of the 1990s, which exposed extensive corruption in France’s giant gas company

 
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Posted by on February 21, 2012 in Drama, Politics, Whistleblowers

 

La Commune (Paris, 1871) [2001]

21 Feb

345m; France

Director: Peter Watkins

Cast: Eliane Annie Adalto, Pierre Barbieux and Bernard Bombeau

Synopsis: A miniseries following children, women, shopkeepers & nuns reveal fascinating historical detail of the 1871 Paris Commune by sharing their opinions of the political climate.

 
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Posted by on February 21, 2012 in Drama, Organizing, Politics, Strikes-Strikebreaking-Lockouts

 

Communist Rallies in Michigan (1930?)

21 Feb

20m; U.S.

Director: Workers Film and Photo League

Synopsis: Depression-era film of Communist Rallies in Michigan

 
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Posted by on February 21, 2012 in Organizing, Politics, Strikes-Strikebreaking-Lockouts

 

Considering Democracy: 8 Things to Ask Your Representative (2007)

21 Feb

57m; U.S.

Director: Keya Lea Horiuchi

Synopsis: Explores how the rest of the world thinks of the US and how the US compares on social and political issues.

Contact: keyalea@yahoo.com 970 596-7267 (Cell)

 
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Posted by on February 21, 2012 in Documentary, Politics

 

Constructing Fear (2007)

21 Feb

40m; Australia

Director: John Loh

Synopsis: A documentary exposing the activity of an industrial inquisition targeting building workers across Australia. “Constructing Fear” shows how these workers are the front line in an attack on civil liberties that has implications for every Australian.

Contact: http://www.constructingfear.com.au/

 
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Posted by on February 21, 2012 in Construction Trades, Documentary, Politics, Working Class

 
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