25m; U.S.
Director: Gina Martino Dahlia
Synopsis: The film focuses on the widows left behind from the December 6, 1907 Monongah mine disaster, still dubbed the worst disaster in American history.
Contact: WVU School of Journalism – gmartino@mix.wvu.edu , 304-293-3505 ext. 5407
52m; China
Director: Jean Yves Cauchard
Synopsis: Made in China tells one of the millions of stories of migrants from rural China who comprise the backbone of the Chinese economic miracle. It provides a human face behind the ubiquitous label “Made in China.”
70m; U.S.
Director: Almudena Carracedo
http://www.madeinla.com/
Synopsis (IMDB): Made in L.A. follows the remarkable story of three Latina immigrants working in Los Angeles garment sweatshops as they embark on a three-year odyssey to win basic labor protections from a mega-trendy clothing retailer. In intimate verité style, Made in L.A. reveals the impact of the struggle on each woman’s life as they are gradually transformed by the experience. Compelling, humorous, deeply human, Made in L.A. is a story about immigration, the power of unity, and the courage it takes to find your voice.
30m; U.S.
Director: Eve-Laure Moros and Linzy Emery
Synopsis: Human costs of everyday products we purchase.
60m; U.S.
Director: Anayansi Prado
http://impactofilms.com/maidinamerica/updates.html
Synopsis: The lives and hopes of immigrant workers.
40m; U.S.
Director: Lucia Duncan
Synopsis: Tells six pivotal labor stories, three from SEIU’s history and three from earlier struggles in other unions’ each story is about 6 minutes long.
Contact: alva.hines@seiu.org luciaduncan@gmail.com
81m; Israel
Director: Nurit Aviv
Synopsis: Thai workers in Israel.
10m; Israel/Palestine
Director: Yonatan Ben Efrat
Synopsis: Living conditions of Palestinian workers inside Israel.
Contact: http://www.hanitzotz.com/video.htm
80m; U.S./China
Director: Jennifer Baichwal
Synopsis (IMDB): Jennifer Baichwal’s cameras follow Edward Burtynsky (1955- ) as he visits what he calls manufactured landscapes: slag heaps, e-waste dumps, huge factories in the Fujian and Zhejiang provinces of China, and a place in Bangladesh where ships are taken apart for recycling. In China, workers gather outside the factory, exhorted by their team leader to produce more and make fewer errors. A woman assembles a circuit breaker, and women and children are seen picking through debris or playing in it. Burtynsky concludes with a visit to Shanghai, the world’s fastest growing city, where wealth and poverty, high-rises and old neighborhoods are side by side.
55m; Mexico
Director: Saul Landau & Sonia Augulo
Synopsis: Shows the real lives of workers who work in the Maquiladora’s. The Maquilas were sold to the Mexican workers as the solution to the problem of unemployment yet the maquilas have turned intoa disaster for Mexico.
Contact: http://saullandau.com/movies.html
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