30m; U.S.
Director: Kennedy Wheatley
Synopsis (Filmmakers Library): The Los Angeles Ironworkers union has 3,000 men and eight women. The apprenticeship program is rigorous; only 30% make it through the three-year training. In this documentary, veteran women ironworkers tell stories of surviving as the only female working on a construction site.
86m; Canada
Director: Laura Sky
Synopsis: Examines the threat of homelessness facing steelworker families, newcomers, youth and aboriginal families.
96m; Canada
Director: Laura Sky
Synopsis: Examines the threat and reality of homelessness facing the working poor, in the context of economic and job insecurity that has eroded the manufacturing sector.
12m
Director: George Stoney
Synopsis: Dedication of monument to workers murdered in “Uprising of ’34.”
Contact: 212-998-1718
16m
Synopsis (IMDB): Slum conditions, slum clearance, bright new public housing.
58m;
Director: Tim Ward
Synopsis: In 1889, amidst the slums of Chicago’s Near West Side, pioneer social worker Jane Addams (1860-1935) opened Hull House to aid the poor, largely immigrant residents of the neighborhood. Addams was joined by several other young women–college educated, politically progressive and highly motivated–whose collective efforts turned Hull House into a major center for social reform activities. This docudrama, featuring Ellen Burstyn as host/narrator, utilizes excerpts from the public writings and private papers of Addams and her associates to tell their remarkable story in their own words.
40m; U.S.
Director: Workers Film and Photo League
Synopsis: Documents the historic national hunger march to Washington DC in December 1932.
25m;
Synopsis: Four Cajun women in Southwestern Louisiana on what ironing means to them.
38m; South Korea
Director: Kim Mi-Re
Synopsis: Women workers in South Korea
Contact: Produced by the Korean Women Workers Associations United and the Korean Women’s Trade Union.
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