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The Catered Affair (1956)

21 Feb

92m; U.S.

Director: Richard Brooks

Cast: Bette Davis, Ernest Borgnine and Debbie Reynolds

Synopsis: At breakfast, Jane announces that she and Ralph are getting married the next week. All Jane and Ralph want is a small wedding with the immediate family and no reception. This is because Janes parents are poor and Jane and Ralph can borrow a car for their honeymoon. However, at dinner that night all Ralph’s parents talk about are the big weddings they gave their daughters and everything escalates. All of a sudden, it is a big wedding breakfast with hundreds of guests. The problem is that for 12 years, Tom has been saving money to buy his own cab and license, but now that he can, all of his money is going towards a wedding neither he, or Jane or Ralph really want.

 
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Posted by on February 21, 2012 in Comedy, Drama, Romance, Women, Working Class

 

Cinderella of the Cape Flats (2004)

21 Feb

58m; South Africa

Director: Jane Kennedy

Synopsis: Everyday the women of South Africa’s garment industry labor in anonymity to create clothes that make other women look beautiful. At their Annual Spring Pageant, however, the workers get to wear the clothes they make. Set during the days leading up to the pageant, Cinderella of the Cape Flats celebrates the lives of these hard-working women. Screens with Being Pavarotti.

Contact: email: jane@trinityproductions.co.za Land line: +27 21 7885667 Mobile: +27 82 4450696

 
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Posted by on February 21, 2012 in Documentary, Global Economy, Industrial/Mine/Manufacturing, Women, Working Class

 

Clara Lemlich: A Strike Leader’s Diary (2004)

21 Feb

51m; U.S.

Director: Alex Szalat

Synopsis: Biographical film about Clara Lelich, a Jewish socialist textile worker who played a major role in the “Uprising of the 20,000” which was a powerful moment in organizing New York’s textile sector and the growth of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU).

Contact: http://icarusfilms.com/new2005/clar.html

 
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Posted by on February 21, 2012 in Documentary, Immigrants/Immigration, Organizing, Safety & Health, Strikes-Strikebreaking-Lockouts, Women, Working Class

 

Clockwatchers (1997)

21 Feb

96m; U.S.

Director: Jill Sprecher

Cast: Parker Posey, Lisa Kudrow, Toni Collette and Alanna Ubach

Synopsis: Four temporary office workers; shy Iris, brash Margaret, wannabe starlet Paula and pampered Jane become fast friends while temping at a big company where looking busy is a full time occupation. But when their boss hires a new assistant, their jobs — and their friendship — are suddenly in danger.

 
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Posted by on February 21, 2012 in Comedy, Drama, Service Workers, White Collar, Women

 

Coal Camp Memories (2007)

21 Feb

78m; U.S.

Director: Karen Vuranch

Synopsis: chronicles the life of a woman living in a West Virginia coal camp of the 1920’s and 30’s

Contact: Teacher’s website at – http://www.coalcampmemories.com/ Access – WV Enterprises at http://www.wventerprises.com/

 
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Posted by on February 21, 2012 in Documentary, Women, Working Class

 

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Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980)

21 Feb

125m; U.S.

Director: Michael Apted

Cast: Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones and Levon Helm

Synopsis: Biography of Loretta Lynn, a country and western singer that came from poverty to fame.

 
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Posted by on February 21, 2012 in Drama, Entertainment Industry, Women, Working Class

 

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Coal Wars: The Battle in Rum Creek (1991)

21 Feb

29m; U.S.

Director: Kathleen Foster

Synopsis: In the tradition of Harlan County, USA, this documentary looks at the role women played in the 1989-90 coal strike in the Southern Appalachian coalfields. The location is Dehue – Logan County, WV. The miners and their wives are fighting one of the most intense battles since the 1920s. Clips from other films made about that era, along with photographs, are used to illustrate the conclusion – namely that “its workers again’ bosses…forever!”

 
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Posted by on February 21, 2012 in Documentary, Organizing, Strikes-Strikebreaking-Lockouts, Women, Working Class

 

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Coalmining Women

21 Feb

40m; U.S.

Directed by: Elizabeth Barret
1982; Running Time: 40:00
Color
https://store.appalshop.org/shop/appalshop-films/coalmining-women/

Interviewed at home and on the job, women coal miners tell of the conditions that led them to seek employment in this traditionally male-dominated industry–and the problems they encountered once hired. Watching these women bolt mine roofs, shovel beltlines, haul rock dust, and build ventilation barriers leaves little doubt that they can, indeed, do the work. Proud of their accomplishments, the women also seem to bring a special understanding to the problems all miners face. Coalmining Women traces women’s significant contributions to past coalfield struggles and the importance of their newer position as working miners. It is an excellent film for audiences interested in women in nontraditional roles, women’s history, labor studies, and women as a force for social change.

 

 
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Posted by on February 21, 2012 in Documentary, Women, Working Class

 

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Code 46 (2003)

21 Feb

92m; U.K

Director: Michael Winterbottom

Cast: Tim Robbins, Samantha Morton

Synopsis: Dystopian science-fiction movie about a doomed romance between a bureaucrat and a “genetically incompatible” woman.  Intriguing premise, but somewhat esoteric in execution.

 
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Posted by on February 21, 2012 in Global Economy, SciFi, White Collar, Women

 

The Corn is Green (1945)

21 Feb

115m; U.S.

Director: Irving Rapper

Cast: Bette Davis, John Dall, Nigel Bruce

Synopsis: Schoolteacher Lilly Moffat is dismayed by conditions in a Welsh mining town. She sets up a school to teach fundamental education to the villagers. Her housekeeper and daughter oppose the project, as does the local Squire who will not rent her space. Using part of her own home, she goes ahead with Miss Moffat’s School. One of her students Morgan Evans turns from bully to brilliant student.

 
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Posted by on February 21, 2012 in Children, Drama, Public Sector, Women, Working Class

 

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