Synopsis: List of films that relate to occupational hazards: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/blog/nsb092310_movies.html
Category Archives: Documentary
Off the Books: How Corporations Hide their Environmental and Human Rights Liabilities (2002)
20m; U.S.
Director: Stanford Lewis
Off to War (2005)
80m; U.S.
Director: Brent Renaud, Craig Renaud
Synopsis (IMDB): Members of an Arkansas National Guard unit are transformed from weekend warriors to full-fledged soldiers for the war in Iraq.
Office Suite (2007)
16m; U.S.
Director: Robert Todd
Synopsis: Trilogy filmed on beautiful 16mm in and around Todd’s office, portraying the rhythm of the (working) day.
Contact: Director Robert Todd, Robert_Todd@emerson.edu (http://www.roberttoddfilms.com/office.htm)
Office Tigers (2006)
90m; U.K.-Denmark
Director: Liz Mermin
Synopsis: Indian workers, part of the generation whose lives are being transformed by the global marketplace; a glorious meritocracy or the de-humanizing march of capitalism?
Contact: liz@merminfilm.com
On the Side of “Angels” (2007)
52m
Director: Mathieu Verboud
Synopsis (Icarus Films): Tells the stories of several prominent “whistleblowers” around the world, including Sherron Watkins, a Vice President of Corporate Development who helped uncover the accounting fraud at Enron; Glenn Walp, former Security Officer at Los Alamos National Laboratory who exposed corruption and theft at the national security facility; Joseph Mangan, an American aviation engineer who informed European authorities of safety violations in the manufacture of the new Airbus A380 airliner; Jean-Luc Touly, an employee of Véolia Water, who exposed financial fraud in the French national firm; and Adamo Bove, Head of Security at Telecom Italia, who uncovered a secret bugging system installed in cell phones worldwide.
Contact: http://icarusfilms.com/new2008/side.html lori@icarusfilms.com Sending screener
On Strike: The Winnipeg General Strike, 1919 [1991]
19m; Canada
Director: Joe Macdonald and Clair Johnstone Gilsig
Synopsis: This film provides the background about why the workers in Winnipeg were forced out and strike and the individuals on both sides of the struggle. The attack on the strikers on June 21, 1919 led to death and the defeat of the workers despite their bravery and just cause.
On to Ottawa (1992)
| Directed by Sara Diamond Produced by the On to Ottawa Historical Societyand The Women’s Labour History Project RT: 53 minutes 46 seconds © 1992 – NTSC / PAL |
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In 1935 thousands of unemployed men hopped frieght trains for Ottawa demanding work, wages and an end to the relief camps. On to Ottawa brings this historic event to the video medium. It is based on the play written by Tom Hawken featuring his band, Trek participants Robert “Bobby” Jackson, Ray Wainwright and Jean Evans Sheils, daughter of Trek leader Arthur “Slim” Evans. Click here for ordering information. |
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