Fight for 15 on the Big Screen
We will screen a series of films to support the fight for 15 and their ongoing struggle to make sure that all workers receive a living wage
We will screen a series of films to support the fight for 15 and their ongoing struggle to make sure that all workers receive a living wage
In celebration of Frances Perkins Day. Adelphi University will host a film Screening of Food Chains with a Panel discussion to follow
we will screen films commemorating the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Memorial, as well as linking this history to the current struggle in Bangladesh against ongoing deadly sweatshop conditions for garment workers. Two new films, Tears in the Fabric and Tangled Thread will be shown , as well as two new shorts from Pakistan about women fighting to organize in the accessory industry.
We will screen a series films to honor those who lost their lives in the Triangle Shirtwaist fire and to bring attention to the ongoing battles of garment workers
We have partnered with The Food Chain Alliance, ROC NY as well as Workmen's Circle, to screen a new film called, Food Chains, about fighting for fairness in the food production industry.
This night we will screen a short, The Overpass Light Brigade, about creating "the people's bandwidth." The feature film that night will be a brand new film on the horse carriage controversy in NYC, called Working Horses. The directors will be present for Q &A.
The Workers Institute is arranging a screening and discussion for the Acclaimed documentary Miners Shot Down, about the miner strike in South Africa in 2012. The director of Miners Shot Down will participate in a Q & A afterwards to talk about what the film means for working people in New York and the world.
The Workers Unite Film Festival is a ten day long celebration in NYC of films from around the world about worker's lives and their struggles for dignity and labor rights. The festival is held the second week in May each year at the historic Cinema Village, just South of Union Square in Manhattan. New locations are added each season.
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