13m; Canada
Director: Michael Connolly
Synopsis: “Stanfordo” searches far and wide for answers to a mystery that continues to baffle hard-working Canadians. How can the federal government and Bank of Canada proclaim an economic recovery when hundreds of thousands of workers are still jobless, and millions are still reeling from one of the worst downturns since the Great Depression?
47m; Denmark
Director: Miki Mistrati and U Roberto Romano
Synopsis (IMDB): A team of journalists investigate how human trafficking and child labor in the Ivory Coast fuels the worldwide chocolate industry. The crew interview both proponents and opponents of these alleged practices, and use hidden camera techniques to delve into the gritty world of cocoa plantations.
Contact: http://www.thedarksideofchocolate.org/
82m; Bolivia
Director: Kief Davidson & Richard Ladkani
Synopsis: ‘The Devil’s Miner’ tells the story of 14-year-old Basilio who worships the devil for protection while working in a Bolivian silver mine to support his family.
Contact: Urban Landscapes Productions and La Mita Loca Films office@thedevilsminer.com http://www.thedevilsminer.com
60m; U.S.
Director: Tom Hansell
Synopsis: The Electricity Fairy will be an hour-long public television program that examines America’s national addiction to fossil fuels through the lens of electricity.
Contact: Appalshop, Inc. 91 Madison Ave – Whitesburg, KY 41858 (606)633-0108 – (606)633-1009 (fax) thansell@appalshop.org
60m; Ireland
Director: Socialist Party of Ireland
Synopsis (Indybay): “The GAMA Strike – We Are Workers Not Slaves” by the Socialist Party of Ireland describes how Turkish workers took on their employer, Turkish-owned multinational construction giant GAMA. Assisted by the Socialist Party (Ireland), whose members first exposed the scandalous wages and conditions being paid by GAMA to its Turkish workers, they engaged in a bitter and hard fought battle, which eventually brought GAMA to heel.
Contact: Full documentary available to view here:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8522850390691204183
80m; U.S.
Director: Scott Hamilton Kennedy
Cast: Danny Glover, Daryl Hannah and Antonio Villaraigosa
Synopsis (IMDB): The 14 acre community garden in South Central Los Angeles was the largest of it’s kind in the United States. It was started as a form of healing after the devastating L.A. riots in 1992. Since that time, the South Central Farmers have created a miracle in one of the country’s most blighted neighborhoods. Growing their own food. Feeding their families. Creating a community. But now bulldozers threaten their oasis. The Garden is an unflinching look at the struggle between these urban farmers and the City of Los Angeles and a powerful developer who want to evict them and build warehouses.
54m; U.S., 2010
Director: Gilbert Gonzalez/Vivian Price
http://harvestofloneliness.com/
Synopsis: History of bracero program and its value of totally controlled workers to Big Agriculture
Contact: Vivian Price: 562-438-9493 vprice@csudh.edu
99m
Director: Juan Manuel Sepúlveda
Synopsis: Immigrants from Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua look upon Mexico as a hostile environment they must brave before facing the ultimate challenge: the U.S. border.
Contact: http://www.imcine.gob.mx/
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