Synopsis: Female construction workers
Category Archives: Documentary
Faces of Black Lung (2008)
13m; U.S.
Synopsis: Effect of black lung disease on coal miners
Contact: Steve Fesenmaier: fesenms@wvlc.lib.wv.us Anita L. Wolfe, (304) 285-6263, awolfe@cdc.gov
Facing the Music
Australia
Synopsis: Strike against budget cuts at Australian university music department
Factory
Director: Eveltn and Arthur Barrons
Synopsis: An excellent documentary about alienated labor in a factory making love rings.
Farmingville (2004)
79m; U.S.
Director: Carlos Sandoval
Synopsis: Mexican migrant workers in Long Island face discrimination as neighbors both attack and defend them. Very timely for 2006.
Contact: Carlos Sandoval Camino Bluff Productions PO Box 1908 Amagansett, NY 11930 631-267-6565 ( Work ) 212-864-4313 ( Fax ) mail@caminobluff.com
Fast Food Women (1992)
28m; U.S.
Director: Anne Lewis Johnson
Synopsis: Close-up look at working conditions of fast-food service workers in eastern Kentucky. Affecting portraits but somewhat dated (though the issue is still current).
Contact: Anne Lewis 512-656-0507 (cell) http://www.annelewis.org
FDA: A History (2008)
82m; U.S.
Synopsis: History of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Contact: Compliance Media; http://www.fdahistory.com
Fenceline: A Company Town Divided
Director: Slawomir Grunberg
Synopsis: Features organizing around environmental justice. “The Fenceline is about a community called “Diamond” located near a Shell chemical processing plant in Norco, LA. The community struggles to be relocated and eventually ‘wins’ their request for relocation. A google search for Margie Richards or Norco, LA or Fenceline, or Diamond Community.
Ferry Tales (2003)
40m; U.S.
Director: Katja Esson
Synopsis (IMDB): A documentary that focuses on the daily meetings between a group of commuters in the women’s room of the Staten Island Ferry.
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