7m
Director: Josephine Anderson
Synopsis: This short documentary follows the daily struggles of two janitors at a North American university. The film takes a critical look at the communication, or lack of communication, that happens between janitors and those that use the facilities they clean. Shot at Capilano University, in North Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Contact: Josephine Anderson josephineanderson@gmail.com http://www.youtube.com/user/joeyphine#p/a/u/0/yJuaMmjSJjM
3:50m; U.S.
Director: Stuart Cryer
Synopsis: Steelworkers local 6500 has been on strike against Vale-INCO for five months, so as the holiday season approaches, it’s time for their kids to have a bit of a celebration.
Contact: Stuart Cryer terraV@cyberbeach.net
30m; Argentina
Director: Ojo Obrero
Synopsis: Buenos Aires Subway workers win fight for 6 hour day
Set within Chicago’s labyrinth of alleyways, Scrappers is a cinema verite portrait of Otis and Oscar, two scrap metal scavengers searching for a living with brains, brawn and battered pickup trucks. The film shows how globalization, the 2008 financial crisis, crackdowns on undocumented immigrants and widespread scrap metal theft affect these men and their families. (Written by Ben Kolak on IMDB)
82m;
Synopsis (IMDB): A visually powerful drama exploring the raw capitalism of seacoaling, rooted in a documentary engagement with the community of seacoalers on Lynemouth Beach in Northumberland.
Director: Adam Matalon
Synopsis: Jamaican H2 workers in New York’s Hudson Valley.
Contact: Adam (director/producer) 914-736-6400 6465490151 cel
55m; U.S.
Director: Kelly Candaele
Synopsis: Follows union members who came out of street gangs and prison into the building trades unions and as a result changed their lives
Contact: kcandaele@sbcglobal.net 323-547-1183 (Cell)
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