4m;
Director: Jim Granato
Synopsis: A young woman full of dreams and aspirations to help people travels to West Africa through the Peace Corps. Her experience quickly detours into a mental ward after just three months abroad.
Category Archives: Documentary
West Virginia Authors: Kenneth Fones-Wolf (2007)
30m; U.S.
Synopsis: Host Gordon Simmons interviews WVU professor Kenneth Fones-Wolf about his new book, “Glass Towns – Industry, Labor, and Political Economy in Appalachia, 1890-1930s” ( University of Illinois Press).
Contact: Host Gordon Simmons interviews WVU professor Kenneth Fones-Wolf about his new book, “Glass Towns – Industry, Labor, and Political Economy in Appalachia, 1890-1930s” ( University of Illinois Press)
Widen Film Project (2008)
55m; U.S.
Director: Kelley Thompson
Synopsis: Life in Widen, WV, the famous company town built by J.G. Bradley who was a national and state coal mining leader. Includes the 1952 U.M.W.A. strike.
Contact: Kelley Thompson, killer64@suddenlink.net, 304-344-1990 (home)
Wage Slaves: Not Getting By in America (2002)
Director: Richard Ross
Looks at five people working in low-wage jobs in Nevada, Alabama, California, and Florida. Includes interviews with these workers, as well as with Barbara Ehrenreich, former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich, economics professor Donald Boudreaux, and author Walter Williams, among others.
Waging A Living
U.S.
Directed by Roger Weisberg, USA, 2005 (85 minutes)
http://www.pbs.org/pov/wagingaliving/film_description.php
Synopsis: Minimum wage workers struggle to make ends meet.
Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price (2005)
95m; U.S.
Director: Robert Greenwald
Synopsis: A look at the impact of the retail giant on local communities.
Washington Area Women in the Trades Video (2007)
10m; U.S.
Synopsis: Short doc profiles the WAWIT program with interviews with participants, CSA Exec. Director Kathleen McKirchy, and more
Watsonville on Strike (1989)
65m; U.S.
Director: Jon Silver
Synopsis: Teamster cannery workers’ 18-month struggle.
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