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Out of Darkness: The Mine Worker’s Story (1991)

20 Apr

100m; U.S.

Director: Barbara Kopple and Bill Davis

Synopsis: An electrifying documentary by Academy-Award-winning director Barbara Kopple (Harlan County, USA) and award-winning video director and editor Bill Davis. Historical film footage and photographs are integrated with first-hand accounts of Mine Workers’ history and of the recent battle with the Pittston Coal Group. Accompanied by a moving soundtrack created by Tom Juravich, this 100-minute film represents real life stories with a powerful, dramatic touch.

 
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Posted by on April 20, 2012 in Collective Bargaining, Documentary, Labor History, Organizing

 

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Out of This Furnace: A Walking Tour of Thomas Bell’s Novel (1990)

20 Apr

20m; U.S.

Synopsis: Beautifully realized film by Steffi Domike and narrated by Dave Demarest provides a synopsis of Thomas Bell’s great novel as well as a walking tour of a Braddock that is disappearing before our eyes.

 
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Posted by on April 20, 2012 in Arts/Culture, Documentary, Industrial/Mine/Manufacturing, Labor History

 

Out of the Shadows: A Story form the Heart of Working America (2001)

20 Apr

Director: Bal-Maiden Films

Synopsis: Workers in Minneapolis fight deportation after organizing for union voice.

 
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Posted by on April 20, 2012 in Collective Bargaining, Documentary, Immigrants/Immigration, Legal System, Organizing

 

Outsiders

20 Apr

Synopsis: Follows the Kensington Welfare Rights Union “new freedom bus tour” of the country in the summer of 1998.

 
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Posted by on April 20, 2012 in Documentary, Organizing, Unemployment-Wages

 

Over Land (2008)

20 Apr

59m; CanadaOverLand
Director: Steve Suderman

Synopsis: Family farmers face the threat of closing.

Over Land is an intimate and personal portrait of a family facing a crisis in agriculture. Between 1996 and 2006, despite warnings of an impending food shortage, prices for farm goods dropped to their lowest point in Canadian history, driving many farmers off the land. With a family history of farming spanning generations, the Sudermans now face a challenge that threatens to pull the family apart.

Over Land features original music composed and performed by Dirk Powell.The executive producer is Robin Schlaht. Directed by Steve Suderman.

Contact: steve@gorgeousproductions.ca 306-525-2524 (Home)

 
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Posted by on April 20, 2012 in Documentary, Farm & Food, Global Economy, Unemployment-Wages, Working Class

 

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Overcoming Adversity (2008)

20 Apr

10m; U.S.

Director: Tania Millan, Loyda Alvarado & Marie Marroquin

Synopsis: An immigrant woman of color becoming a labor activist.

Contact: Jennifer McNulty (831) 459-2495; jmcnulty@ucsc.edu (wrote story on UCSC website: http://www.ucsc.edu/news_events/text.asp?pid=2149) Neidi Dominguez is the subject of the film and she can help you get in contact with the film makers, her email is: ndomingu@ucsc.edu

 
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Posted by on April 20, 2012 in Documentary, Immigrants/Immigration, Organizing

 

Pete Seeger: The Power of Song (2007)

20 Apr

93m; U.S.

Director: Jim Brown

Synopsis: This engaging documentary traces the life of folk icon Pete Seeger, emphasizing his lifelong belief in the power of music as both a social and a political force. Director Brown utilizes contemporary footage of Seeger and his wife,Toshi, along with newly remastered recordings of Seeger¹s songs, and interviews with Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, and others. – Rochester Labor Film Series

 
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Posted by on April 20, 2012 in Arts/Culture, Documentary, Entertainment Industry, Labor History, Politics

 

Packingtown USA (1969)

20 Apr

Director: Bill Adelman

Synopsis: Shows the great meat strike of 1904 in Chicago

 
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Posted by on April 20, 2012 in Documentary, Labor History, Strikes-Strikebreaking-Lockouts

 

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Painting Red Square (2009)

20 Apr

5m; Canada
Director: Max Fraser
Available online

7000 km from Moscow, there’s another Red Square….Witness the struggle of the labour-left in Whitehorse to find a friendly watering hole where they can share a glass with their comrades and debate which shade of red is best. Paint, popcorn and a little beer get spilled along the way.

DVD with extra chapters: 20 mins

Featuring: Del Young and the gang at Red Square.

GENRE: Humour
Tags: Beer, Whitehorse, High Country Inn, TGIF, Paint, Red Square, Labour, Left, Canadian North

Max Fraser website

 
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Posted by on April 20, 2012 in Arts/Culture, Comedy, Documentary, Service Workers, Streaming Online (Youtube, Vimeo), Working Class

 

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Palace Cars and Paradise: The Pullman Model Town (1983)

20 Apr

28m; U.S.

Synopsis: Concerned with the model town that George Pullman conceived and named after himself in the 1880s to house the largely white task force of skilled and unskilled mechanics who labored in the company’s massive car construction and repair shop.

Contact: Available from the Illinois Labor History Society 28 E. Jackson Boulevard, Chicago Ill, 60604.

 
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Posted by on April 20, 2012 in Documentary, Transportation, Working Class

 
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