 Learn about the dark side of the digital revolution at today’s free noontime screening of Death by Design and be sure to RSVP now for our annual AFM Labor Jazz Showcase next Tuesday at the 14th Street Busboys and Poets, with local jazz musicians from the Washington Musicians Union, including Bob Boguslaw on piano, Antonio Parker on saxophone, Percy Smith on drums and Paul Scimonelli on bass. PLUS: The first 50 folks at today's noontime screening get a free pair of passes to our final LaborFest screening next Wednesday night, HIDDEN FIGURES! LaborFest Today Death by Design: The Dirty Secret of Our Digital Addiction: Fri, May 26, 12p Coming Up Labor Jazz Showcase : Tues, May 30, 5:00p  Death by Design: The Dirty Secret of Our Digital Addiction (LaborFest Film)
Fri, May 26, 12pm – 1pm AFL-CIO, 815 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20005 FREE; RSVP online here Attendees are welcome to bring their lunch! 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. Trailer AFM Labor Jazz Showcase Tues, May 30, 5:00pm-7:00pm; FREE 5-6p be part of the live audience for a Live@5 simulcast on WPFW 89.3 FM 6-7p Live set Busboys & Poets 14th Street; 2021 14th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009 SPONSORED BY THE MUSIC PERFORMANCE TRUST FUND FREE; RSVP here Sponsored by the Washington DC Federation of Musicians, AFM 161-710 The DC LaborFest wraps up with a full night of jazz starting with a live simulcast concert from 5-6p on WPFW 89.3FM with local jazz musicians from the Washington Musicians Union, including Bob Boguslaw on piano, Antonio Parker on saxophone, Percy Smith on drums and Paul Scimonelli on bass. Comments are closed.
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