Director: Victor Buhler
Synopsis: Chronicles three workers with developmental disabilities at Lott Industries, an auto parts factory in Toledo, OH.
Website: http://awholelottmore.com/
http://awholelottmore.com/screenings
Category Archives: Documentary
Abandoned, Not Forgotten: The Plight of Burma’s Migrant Fishers (2008)
11m; Burma and Thailand
Synopsis: A special report of the International Transport Workers’ Federation about Burma’s migrant fishers. Undocumented Burmese fishermen suffer brutal treatment at the hands of their Thai bosses. Seafarer unions are working to expose these crimes and help Burmese workers in the fishing industry win basic rights and worker protections.
See it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deCo_ZBSk-U
Against Coercion (2006)
60m; Japan
Director: Kimigayo Fukiritsu
Synopsis: Japanese teachers fighting militarization and law requiring standing during the national anthem.
All Shaken Up: Mountaintop Removal Blasting and Its Effects on Coalfield Residents (1998)
32m; U.S.
Director: Bob Gates, Penny Loeb
Synopsis: Charleston filmmaker Bob Gates and reporter Penny Loeb interview 45 West Virginia residents affected by the blasting required for “mountaintop removal.” The video shows damage to wells and houses and describes the psychological effects of round-the-clock blasting on residents who live in the proximity of the mines.
Contact: Robert Gates; 304-342-2624 photonzx@ntelos.net Omni Productions
All American Wants to Know (1962)
30m; U.S.
Director: Arthur Rosenblum
Synopsis: 30-minute shows on labor issues. (Episode 21: Automation: Are Strikes the Only Answer?; Episode 17: These Labor Abuses Must Be Curbed; Episode 35: The Union that Automation Built)
Aliquippa: The Union Comes to “Little Siberia.”
30m; U.S.
Synopsis: This half-hour documentary, part of the PBS “Great Depression” program series, tells the dramatic story of the struggle at J&L Steel that led to the famous Supreme Court decision to uphold the constitutionality of the Wagner Act. After the win at Aliquippa extended the union beyond U.S. Steel surrendering without a shot in secret negotiations between John L. Lewis and Myron Taylor, the steelworkers’ union hit up against Tom Girdler’s extreme resistance. The Memorial Day massacre of 1937, just weeks after the victory at Aliquippa, kept the unions inside “Little Steel” without a contract until 1941.
Alice: A Fight for Life (1982)
120m; U.K.
Director: John Willis & Peter Jones
Synopsis: A broadcast highlighting health and safety concerns affecting factory workers. Alice is 47. She worked in an asbestos factory when young. She now suffers from mesothelioma, an asbestos caused cancer. She fights for her life and her rights.
All in a Day’s Work (2009)
These are the films in the 2nd annual doxita: China’s Wild West (UK, Urszula Pontikos, 10 min.) Breadmakers (UK, Yasmin Fedda, 11 min.) Wood (USA, David Fenster, 21 min.) Shika Shika (USA, Stephen Hyde, 10 min.) The Tailor (Spain, Oscar Perez, 31 min. )
http://www.doxita.org/ info@docuphilemedia.com
America and Lewis Hine (1984)
60m; U.S.
Director: Nina Rosenblum
Synopsis (IMDB): Documentary about early 20th-century photographer Lewis Hine, who helped to expose grim working conditions in American factories and mines, especially the abuse and exploitation of children by their employers. Later, he became the official photographer for the construction of the Empire State Building
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