80m; U.S.
Director: Tony Buba
Synopsis: Tony Buba, a film maker from Braddock, Pennsylvania, tells the story of his hometown’s decline (along with the rest of the steel mill towns along the Monongahela River) while he dreams of making higher budget films. The picture documents, in a lighthearted way, the community anxiety and activism that accompanied the failure of the steel industry around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, Sweet Sal the street hustler tries to make it big in Tony’s movies
30m; Turkey
Director: Güliz Sağlam, Feryal Saygılıgil
Synopsis: Documentary about the resistance of Emine Arslan, fired from the Desa Sefaköy factory in Istanbul, and the female workers who were fired from the Düzce factory. All the women who were fired are union members. The film reveals the working conditions of women, the experience they gain while organizing, the advantages of resistance, their relationship with the union, their hopes and expectations and the Istanbul Women’s Platform, which is in solidarity with them throughout the strike.
Contact: Güliz Saglam Documentary maker tel:0090 532 583 74 55 gulizsaglam@hotmail.com
Director: Harold Mayer
Synopsis: Strike and development of Drug and Hospital Workers Union in New York City.
29m; U.S.
Director: Martin Hoade
Synopsis: This is an episode of the NBC religious program “The Eternal Light” and was produced by the Jewish Theological Seminary. It is a docu-drama presentation of the life of Samuel Gompers, a key founder and first head of the American Federation of Labor from the 1880s to the 1920s.
Contact: The film can be viewed here: http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc13671/m1/
24m; Nepal
Director: Manoj Raj Pandey
Synopsis: Documentary about one of the marginalized group of people who have been living and working on the bank of Narayani River in Nepal for generations. After the National park was established they were deprived of fishing, discontinuing their traditional livelihood.
Contact: Ramesh Badal Secretary-DFA DFA
25m; U.S.
Director: Georgetown Solidarity Committee
Synopsis: Documentary chronicling the 5 year campaign of Georgetown campus workers and students to win a living wage for many campus workers, including the 2005 10-day hunger strike which won a historic living wage policy. Documentary is intended in part to help inspire and educate other students to organize similar campaigns on their campuses.
Contact: View the film here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQRaJvyDzo0
There are 2 versions: a 60 minute one with narration and a 90 minute one without; U.S.
Director: Joan Sekler
Synopsis: David and Goliath story of how 560 unionized (ILWU) miners in the desert town of Boron, California stood up to their employer Rio Tinto, a giant multinational mining company, and won a decent contract after being locked out of their jobs for 107 days and replaced by scabs.
Contact: http://www.lockedout2010.org/index.html
30m; U.S.
Director: Barbara Kopple
Synopsis: Documentary examines lockout at the dispute between the Ravenswood Aluminum Company and Local 5668 of the United Steelworkers in Ravenswood, WV.
56m; Australia
Director: Jason van Genderen
Synopsis: Story of the 1929 Australian mineworker lockout, aka the Rothbury Riots, that country’s most violent industrial conflict.
Contact: greg@lockout.tv 61 413 017 771 (Cell)
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