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Program 34: Closing Night: World Premier at Anthology Film Archives - Blood on the Mountain
May
26
7:00 PM19:00

Program 34: Closing Night: World Premier at Anthology Film Archives - Blood on the Mountain

Blood on the Mountain is a film that exposes the environmental and social injustices that have developed from industrial control in West Virginia by the 1% and the corrupted politicians that do their bidding. This is a stunning new film by the team behind "Coal Country."

Blood on the Mountain. Get your ticket here, and read more about the program here. 

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Program 30: Girls in the Band and All Women Jazz Trio
May
19
5:00 PM17:00

Program 30: Girls in the Band and All Women Jazz Trio

  • Local 802AFM, Associated Musicians of NY (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join us for an evening filled with music, history, and female power and artistic expression. Girls in the Band  explores the lives and journeys of female musicians in the 1930s. Th e 7PM viewing will be followed by a performance by The Sherrie Maricle Trio - an all women trio led by Ms. Maricle, who is also featured in the film,  and an evening of dancing and mingling. Girls in the Band.

Get your ticket here for the 5PM viewing or for the 7:30 with an intermission set played by The Sherrie Maricle Trio - an all women trio led by Ms. Maricle - who is in this film.

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Program 25: Poetry and Spoken Word Night
May
15
6:30 PM18:30

Program 25: Poetry and Spoken Word Night

  • Auditorium of the Lithographers Union, Local 1 (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

A night of poetry, spoken word and short films around the themes of workers, their lives and their fight to build and save their unions. There will also be a teaser preview performance focused on the lives of  laundromat workers in NYC because Every Fold Matters.

Films featured: Every Fold Matters, Workers' Theater in NYC, Comedian Lee Camp Tells You What!

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Program 23: Food Chain Justice Day at #WUFF2015
May
14
6:30 PM18:30

Program 23: Food Chain Justice Day at #WUFF2015

Battles for food chain justice highlight the issues of workplace rights for immigrants as well as the fight for a living wage for all workers in the U.S. and around the world. The Hand That Feeds is a prize-winning documentary about a courageous effort to empower workers who thought they were powerless to create change.

Guess Who's Coming To Breakfast, The Hand That Feeds

You can purchase your tickets here, and read more here. 

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Program 19: Protecting Tenants, Fighting for a Living Wage and the Reality of Homelessness
May
13
8:15 PM20:15

Program 19: Protecting Tenants, Fighting for a Living Wage and the Reality of Homelessness

Short films from CASA show how tenants organize for their rights. See how faith-based groups and justice organizations are uniting in NYC for a living wage. Then visit Wilmington, NC to see what the effects of the economic collapse caused by the banks has had on working people who lose their homes.

Films featured: CASA Films,  Faith and Justice Walk Together, Something You Can Call Home

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Program 14: Global Issues of Survival, Cooperation & Bollywood Song
May
11
6:00 PM18:00

Program 14: Global Issues of Survival, Cooperation & Bollywood Song

Cast in India reveals the workers behind the New York City manhole covers which are manufactured in India. Champ of the Camp, a massive production, shines a spotlight on working conditions in the harsh work camps of Dubai, where 17,000 South Asian workers distract themselves from daily hard reality by holding a Bollywood singing contest.

This screening is followed by a discussion and book sale with Erik Loomis, an assistant professor at the University of Rhode Island, who will be facilitating a conversation on "Global Issues of Survival, Cooperation and Bollywood Song". 

FIlms featured: Cast in India, Champ of the Camp

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Program 10: Stories of Heroic Women, Second Screening
May
9
9:00 PM21:00

Program 10: Stories of Heroic Women, Second Screening

Can't Wear a Wig Forever is a story of a young black women who was fired from a job and her attempt to navigate the path to further employment.
Claiming Our Voice: Domestic workers, members of Andolan, find their own power by acting out their stories of exploitation and abuse on the job.
She's Beautiful When She's Angry tells the stories of the brilliant and dedicated women who founded the Women's Liberation Movement and have kept fighting for its goals throughout the last 40 years.

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Program 9: Equal Rights, Equal Pay: Stories of Heroic Women Workers, First Screening
May
9
6:30 PM18:30

Program 9: Equal Rights, Equal Pay: Stories of Heroic Women Workers, First Screening

Can't Wear a Wig Forever: A story of a highly qualified young black women who was fired from a good job and her attempt to navigate the rocky path to further employment. 
Judith: Portrait of a Street Vendor  takes us on an intimate journey into the daily life of Judith, a street vendor from Guatemala who lives and works in New York City.
She's Beautiful When She's Angry tells the stories of the brilliant and dedicated women who founded the Women's Liberation Movement and have kept fighting for its goals throughout the last 40 years.

Get your ticket here, and read more about the program here 

 

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