DC LABORFEST
Celebrating Labor Arts
Fri, May 12, 12pm, AFL-CIO, 815 16th Street NW, Washington (FREE); RSVP here
Introduced by the Laborers’ Patti Edwards Devlin PLUS BONUS VIDEO: Chicago Women in Trades - We Heard the Call Explores race and gender in a male-dominated industry through the journey of a young black tradeswoman who faces discrimination on a new job site and must choose between making a stand or keeping her job. Winner of the Best Short Film and Best Oregon Short Film at the Portland International Film Festival. Post-film discussion with local tradeswomen. Dir. by Dawn Jones Redstone, starring Sidony O'Neal, 2015, US, 21m, English Watch the trailer here |
Fri, May 26, 12:00 pm, AFL-CIO, 815 16th Street NW, Washington DC 20006
FREE; RSVP here Consumers love – and live on – their smartphones, tablets and laptops. A cascade of new devices pours endlessly into the market, promising even better communication, non-stop entertainment and instant information. The numbers are staggering. By 2020, four billion people will have a personal computer. Five billion will own a mobile phone. But this revolution has a dark side, hidden from most consumers. In an investigation that spans the globe, filmmaker Sue Williams investigates the underbelly of the electronics industry and reveals how even the smallest devices have deadly environmental and health costs. From the intensely secretive factories in China, to a ravaged New York community and the high tech corridors of Silicon Valley, the film tells a story of environmental degradation, of health tragedies, and the fast approaching tipping point between consumerism and sustainability. Introduced by Cathy Feingold, International Director at the AFL-CIO, with Q&A after the film with special guests TBA. |
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