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Our Daily Bread (1934)

20 Apr

80m; U.S.

Director: King Vidor

Cast: Karen Morley, Tom Keene and Barbara Pepper

Synopsis (IMDB): John and Mary sims are city-dwellers hit hard by the financial fist of The Depression. Driven by bravery (and sheer desperation) they flee to the country and, with the help of other workers, set up a farming community – a socialist mini-society based upon the teachings of Edward Gallafent. The newborn community suffers many hardships – drought, vicious raccoons and the long arm of the law – but ultimately pull together to reach a bread-based Utopia.

 
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Posted by on April 20, 2012 in A: Highly Recommended Labor Films, Drama, Farm & Food, Organizing, Philosophy, Politics, Working Class

 

Pete Seeger: The Power of Song (2007)

20 Apr

93m; U.S.

Director: Jim Brown

Synopsis: This engaging documentary traces the life of folk icon Pete Seeger, emphasizing his lifelong belief in the power of music as both a social and a political force. Director Brown utilizes contemporary footage of Seeger and his wife,Toshi, along with newly remastered recordings of Seeger¹s songs, and interviews with Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, and others. – Rochester Labor Film Series

 
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Posted by on April 20, 2012 in Arts/Culture, Documentary, Entertainment Industry, Labor History, Politics

 

Patriots Act… Peace Press: The People’s Printing Collective

20 Apr

95m; U.S.

Director: Joseph Daccurso

Contact: Jerry Palmer, Bob Zaugh and Irene Wolt

Synopsis (IMDB): “Dissent is not disloyalty, but rather an expression of First Amendment rights, and art can be both commercial and a weapon. What Woodstock was a film generation, Peace Press was to graphic arts. The times have changed but not the causes for which PatriotS Act.”

 
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Posted by on April 20, 2012 in Documentary, Organizing, Politics

 

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The Penthouse of Heaven (May Day Chicago) [2006]

20 Apr

27m; U.S.

Director:  Larry Duncan

Synopsis: Illuminates the struggle for justice by workers today and the role of organized labor and many trade unionists in supporting this historic mobilization in the place where May Day started.

Contact: http://www.laborbeat.org

 
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Posted by on April 20, 2012 in Documentary, Labor History, Politics, Strikes-Strikebreaking-Lockouts

 

Peoes (Metal Workers) [2004]

20 Apr

85m; Brazil

Director: Eduardo Coutinho

Synopsis: 1979 Brazilian Metal Workers Strike.

 
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Posted by on April 20, 2012 in Collective Bargaining, Documentary, Labor History, Organizing, Politics, Strikes-Strikebreaking-Lockouts

 

The People Speak

20 Apr

113m; U.S.

Director: Tony Sacco

Cast: Marisa Tomei, Josh Brolin, Sean Penn, Matt Damon, Viggo Mortensen, Kerry Washington, Danny Glover, David Strathairn & more

Synopsis: A look at America’s struggles with war, class, race and women’s rights, with actors and actresses reading excerpts of letters, diaries, and speeches from major figures appearing in Howard Zinn’s “A People’s History of the United States.”

Contact: http://thepeoplespeak.com Chris Moore: cmoore@goldiemail.com

 
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Posted by on April 20, 2012 in Blacks, Class, Collective Bargaining, Documentary, Labor History, Politics

 

Poto Mitan: Haitian Women, Pillars of the Global Economy (2009)

20 Apr

52m; U.S.

Director: Renée Bergan and Mark Schuller

Cast: Marie-Jeanne Solange Frisline Thérèse Hélène

Synopsis: The compelling lives of five courageous Haitian women workers give the global economy a human face. Each woman’s personal story explains neoliberal globalization, how it is gendered, and how it impacts Haiti: inhumane working/living conditions, violence, poverty, lack of education, and poor health care. While the film offers in-depth understanding of Haiti, its focus on women’s subjugation, worker exploitation, poverty, and resistance demonstrates these are global struggles. Finally, through their collective activism, these women demonstrate that despite monumental obstacles in a poor country like Haiti, collective action makes change possible.

Contact: TÈT ANSANM PRODUCTIONS 139 Clinton Ave. #4, Brooklyn, NY 11205 347-599-1116 (phone/fax) info@potomitan.net

 
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Posted by on April 20, 2012 in Documentary, Global Economy, Manufacturing, Outsourcing, Politics, Women, Working Class

 

Power and the Land (1940)

20 Apr

38m; U.S.

Director: Joris Ivens

Cast: William Adams and Stephen Vincent Benet

Synopsis: A documentary showing the struggle to bring electricity to rural areas of the United States.

 

 
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Posted by on April 20, 2012 in Documentary, Labor History, Politics

 

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Prairie Fire (1977)

20 Apr

30m; U.S.

Director: John Hanson & Rob Nilsson

Synopsis: History of the populist, agrarian Nonpartisan League in North Dakota, 1915-1921. Includes film segments made during that time, plus numerous stills.

 
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Posted by on April 20, 2012 in Documentary, Farm & Food, Labor History, Politics

 

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Pravda (1970)

20 Apr

58m; Czechoslovakia

Director: Groupe Dziga Vertov and others

Synopsis: Pravda was filmed clandestinely in Czechoslovakia on 16mm. It’s one of those films Godard made with the Groupe Dziga Vertov – a Marxist film about the political situation after the ’68 revolution.

 
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Posted by on April 20, 2012 in Documentary, Politics

 
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