Free screening events continue this Wednesday Feb 24th with an encore of festival favorites on-demand (9AM to 11PM EST), including the rare James Baldwin film ‘I Heard It Through the Grapevine', 'Profiled', and 'Trouble Finds You'. Watch page on Eventive: bit.ly/WatchWUFF10

I Heard It Through the Grapevine - James Baldwin retraces his time in the South during the Civil Rights Movement, reflecting with his trademark brilliance and insight on the passage of more than two decades. (Directed by Pat Hartley and Dick Fontaine, 1982, 1 hr 35m) (Clip)

Profiled - Knits the stories of mothers of Black and Latin youth murdered by the NYPD into a powerful indictment of racial profiling and police brutality, and places them within a historical context of the roots of racism in the U.S. (Directed by Kathleen Foster, 2016, 52m) (Trailer)

Trouble Finds You - Bronx native and Masters student Kraig Lewis has his life turned upside down when he gets caught up in New York's largest gang take down. Now he was to find a new path. (Directed by Stephanie Tangkilisan, 2019, 26m) (Trailer)

Quarantina - Director Pat Hartley (I Heard It Through the Grapevine) talks about being an older black woman amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (2021, 3m)

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Celebrate Black History Month this February with a new app for filmmakers of color, and hear its creator talk about it live on 2/17: bit.ly/WatchWUFF10. Screening events continue on 2/24 with an encore of the rare James Baldwin film I Heard It Through the Grapevine, and shorts Profiled and Trouble Finds You.

The award-winning filmmaker and WUFF alumnus discusses the motivation for creating the Black Independent Filmmaker App to support filmmakers of color in the independent community. In addition, he will share stories behind his two documentaries Truth Through A Lens and Sophia Dawson: PURPOSE, and how social justice and activism are driving factors that inform much of his film work.

The Black Independent Filmmaker App provides a virtual platform to connect filmmakers of color in the independent film community, consolidating resources into a single app. It's for people in every field of film production, from directors/producers to editors and actors. Workers Unite Film Festival is excited to partner with Justin and the Black Independent Filmmaker App in 2021 and beyond.

See more at blackindependentfilmmaker.com and enter your phone number to be texted the App.

Thursday 10/3
7PM-11PM
$10 Cover
theavalonlounge.com

An evening curated by the Worker's Unite! Film Festival, featuring a tribute to local artist Bruce Anderson.

7:00PM - "FINAL CUTZ", the Award-Winning Anti-Capitalist Zombie Comedy

Final Cutz answers the question, ‘What happens when a cool film school is targeted for closing by their corporate owners, just as a nuclear induced zombie apocalypse takes place?’ This low budget but heartfelt film mirrors the real life story of the Santa Fe University of Art and Design and how the students gave their creative middle fingers to their corporate owners. Funny and self-aware, a true one of a kind cult film.

8:30PM - COLOR COLLAGE,
Brooklyn indie pop band marrying modern and vintage sounds
https://colorcollage.bandcamp.com/

9:15PM - GARY'S DREAM,
3 piece family band like the Partridge Family but sad
https://garysdream.bandcamp.com/track/swimming-pool

9:45PM - POTTED PLANT,
Ancient melodies of the future
https://soundcloud.com/potted-plant-379936610

*Special 9:00PM Memorial Tribute to visionary artist Bruce Anderson

The Workers Unite Film Festival is honored to host the opening night screening of Stéphane Brizé's Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or nominee ‘AT WAR’ at 7:30pm on Friday, July 19th, at Village East Cinemas. This Nord-Ouest drama presented by Cinema Libre Studio is fast becoming a critic favorite around the globe.

Catch it for its opening week run in NYC or, for those on the West Coast, ‘AT WAR’ will be playing at Laemmle’s Royal Theatre in Los Angeles beginning July 26th with a Director Q&A following the main evening show on July 26th & 27th.

Synopsis: Despite heavy financial sacrifices on the part of their employees and record profits that year, the management of Perrin Industries decides to shut down a factory. The 1100 employees, led by their spokesman Laurent Amédéo, decide to fight this brutal decision, ready to do everything to save their jobs.

‘AT WAR’ (En Guerre) is directed by Stéphane Brizé and stars Vincent Lindon. The film was an official selection at the 2018 Cannes International Film Festival and won the prestigious FIPRESCI Prize for Best Film awarded by the International Federation of Film Critics. It also won for Best Screenplay at the Chicago International Film Festival.

CLIPS:

“Vincent Lindon in a potent lead performance. Feels closer to Ken Loach or to early Paul Greengrass, depicting the plight of laborers with a gripping, handheld verve. At War feels much closer to documentary than fiction — and the movie itself less like a workplace drama than the chronicle of a soldier in the heat of battle.” - Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter

Stéphane Brizé is a French director, producer, screenwriter and actor known for AT WAR (2018), THE MEASURE OF A MAN (2015), and A WOMAN’S LIFE (2016).

French with English Subtitles (115 min, 2018)

More info: http://cinemalibrestudio.com/At-War/

https://www.citycinemas.com/villageeast/film/at-war
http://www.laemmle.com

Twitter and Facebook: @AtWarMovie

The Workers Unite Film Festival is honored to co-present THE CHAMBERMAID, an award-winning drama from Cinema Tropical and Kino Lorber, 7PM this Friday June 28th at Film Forum. Also, get discounted tix on the Film Forum site with promo code "unite" for the duration of its run from June 26th through July 9th! https://filmforum.org/film/the-chambermaid

Lila Avilés’ debut feature THE CHAMBERMAID is a NY Times Critics’ Pick and recently won for Best First Film at the Ariel Awards (Mexico's Academy Awards)! “Quietly stunning … After you’ve seen it, the world looks differently” says A.O. Scott.

Synopsis: A deluxe Mexico City hotel feels confining for Eve (Gabriela Cartol), a chambermaid whose days are filled with making beds, cleaning bathrooms, and running interference for a panoply of precious guests demanding special attention. As she yearns for independence within and beyond the confines of the hotel's luxury walls, her hopes and desires materialize alongside a seething anger sparked by a newly feminist streak.