Free Labor Films/Clips Screen In DC This Week

The DC Labor FilmFest will host four free labor film events this week in conjunction with the 2014 Global Labor Film Festival Organizer’s Conference at the AFL-CIO. "This is a terrific chance to check out some great labor films screened by film festival organizers from around the world," says DC Labor FilmFest Director Chris Garlock. "Plus you'll get to meet some amazingly talented filmmakers!" Tonight, check out “Work in Progress: Sneak Previews with Local Filmmakers” at 6:00pm at Busboys and Poets (5th St NW; full dinner menu available), as DC-area filmmakers screen clips from films now in production dealing with various aspects of work and workers in the metro Washington area.... 

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On Wednesday, October 8, labor film festival organizers from around the world will show and discuss labor film clips/trailers at the free “Working Lunch: Labor Film Clips/Trailers” from noon to 1p at the AFL-CIO, and on Wednesday night, catch a free screening of "Land & Freedom: Talking Food Systems."  On Thursday, October 9, “Working Lunch: Labor Film Clips/Trailers” returns with a second batch of films/clips, also at noon at the AFL-CIO.  See below and click here for full details.

Tue, October 7: Bread & Roses: Work in Progress: Sneak Previews with Local Filmmakers
6:00pm; Busboys and Poets, 1025 5th St NW; FREE
Local filmmakers screen clips from their films now in production dealing with various aspects of work and workers in the metro Washington area. This screening is the official launch of the 2014 Global Labor Film Festival Organizer’s Conference, and labor film festival organizers from around the world will be in attendance.
Includes the following films and filmmakers: CAN'T TAKE IT NO MORE (Michael Blain & Kiley Kraskouskas; local   Walmart workers stand up for respect); CREATIVE FEDS (Erica Ginsberg & Leon Gerskovic; federal workers find outlets for their creativity both on and off the job) GREEN CORPS (Brandon Kramer; long-term unemployed blue-collar workers in DC attempt to break a cycle of drugs and hustling). Still from "Can't Take It No More."

Wed, October 8: Working Lunch: Labor Film Clips/Trailers
12 noon (to 1p); AFL-CIO President's Room, 815 16th St NW. FREE; bring your lunch! Free cookies & water provided.
Labor filmfest organizers from around the world show and discuss labor film clips and trailers, including A WHOLE LOTT MORE trailer (workers with developmental disabilities fight for their jobs; introduced by Brian Myers, May Day Workers Film Festival); LAND & FREEDOM: TALKING FOOD SYSTEMS trailer (finding alternatives to a food system that has historically distressed low ­income communities; introduced by filmmaker Brian Myers; complete film screens Weds night; see below); OVERPASS LIGHT BRIGADE clip (the story behind Wisconsin's Holders of the Lights using innovative time-lapse photography and interviews; introduced by Andrew Tilson, Workers Unite! Film Festival); DAUGHTERS OF A LESSER GOD (13-minute short film on the life and struggle of home-based women bangle-makers of Hyderabad, Pakistan; introduced by the director Ammar Aziz); SCHOOLIDARITY trailer (intertwines the weeks-long 2011 mass occupation of the Wisconsin capitol and the Chicago teachers strike of 2012; introduced by the film’s director, Andrew Friend). Still from "Daughters of a Lesser God."

Wed, October 8: Film: "Land & Freedom: Talking Food Systems"
7pm – 9pm; 1916 10th Street, NW, Washington DC, 20001; FREE
Join DC Fair Food as they present the documentary multimedia project, "Land & Freedom: Talking Food Systems" 
Visiting local gardens, farmers markets, and other fresh produce projects in San Diego’s diverse urban neighborhoods, Land & Freedom speaks with residents who are finding alternatives to a food system that has historically distressed low ­income communities. After the screening, there will be a panel follow-up discussion with   filmmaker Brian Myers (in town to attend the 4th annual Global Labor Film Festival Organizer's Conference, hosted by the DC Labor FilmFest), as well as several local food justice activists. 

Thu, October 9: Working Lunch: Labor Film Clips/Trailers
12 noon (to 1p); AFL-CIO President's Room, 815 16th St NW. FREE; bring your lunch! Free cookies & water provided.
Labor filmfest organizers from around the world show and discuss labor film clips/trailers, including: TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT trailer (Employees in a small factory must choose between receiving a bonus if they agree to one of them being laid off or, if not, then no one gets the bonus; introduced by Anna Burton, London Labour Film Festival); PRIDE trailer (extraordinary true story of a group of gay and lesbian activists in London in 1984 who decide to raise money to support the families of striking miners; introduced by Chris Jury; Tolpuddle Radical Film Festival); JUDITH: PORTRAIT OF A STREET VENDOR trailer (intimate journey into the daily life of Judith, a street vendor from Guatemala who lives and works in New York City; introduced by Andrew Tilson, Workers Unite! Film Festival) THE DISEASED CITY (13-minute short film; welcome to Faisalabad, Pakistan's major industrial city, with no basic human rights for workers; introduced by the film’s director, Ammar Aziz (International Labour Film Festival Pakistan) WORKING HORSES trailer (takes a look at three different groups of people who spend their lives working for and around horses: farmers, working folk, and animal rights activists; introduced by Andrew Tilson, Workers Unite! Film Festival); SKYDANCER (explores the colorful and at times tragic history of the Mohawk construction skywalkers); ART PARTY (champions the importance of art and its place in the education system; introduced by Anna Burton, London Labour Film Festival). Still from "Judith."

Click here for full details on the entire schedule.