DC Labor FilmFest
|
2008 DC LABOR
FILMFEST
SCHEDULED!
The main 2008 DC
Labor FilmFest will run October
9-12 at the American Film
Institute in Silver Spring, MD.
Previews start in September at other venues
around Metro Washington; watch this space for
updates!
FREE LABOR
SCREENINGS
In 2008, the
DC Labor FilmFest presents a new monthly series
of movies about work and workers. Made possible
by the generous support of American Income
Life.
Click
here to see previously shown
films from this year's Free Labor
Screenings Series.
Wednesday,
May 7 12P
Grassroots
Rising (2005, 56m,
directed by Robert C. Winn)
Location:
National Labor College, 10000 New Hampshire
Avenue, Silver Spring, MD, Lane Kirkland
Center, Room LKC 9217
An evocative
exploration of Asian Pacific Islander working
families in Los Angeles. The film weaves
together powerful interviews and live action
footage with moving labor murals and a lyrical
narration by spoken word artist Alison de la
Cruz and the voices of low wage Asian
immigrants at the forefront of worker-led
movements to build a just community in Los
Angeles. Grassroots Rising shares stories
from a sprawling multilingual Los Angeles that
is the sweatshop capital of the United States
and the home for several of the largest Asian
communities outside of their home countries.
From Thai garment workers to restaurant and
supermarket workers in Koreatown and Pilipino
home healthcare workers, the working families
in Grassroots Rising are not passive victims,
but instead are reshaping the city through
their activism.
Presented
by the DC Labor FilmFest, the Metro Washington
Council AFL-CIO and hosted by the National
Labor College.
Friday,
May 30 12P
Grassroots Rising
(2005, 56m, directed
by Robert C. Winn)
Location:
AFL-CIO, 815 16th St NW, Gompers
Room
Special Screening in
celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage
Month
An evocative exploration
of Asian Pacific Islander working families in
Los Angeles. The film weaves together
powerful interviews and live action footage
with moving labor murals and a lyrical
narration by spoken word artist Alison de la
Cruz and the voices of low wage Asian
immigrants at the forefront of worker-led
movements to build a just community in Los
Angeles. Grassroots Rising shares stories
from a sprawling multilingual Los Angeles that
is the sweatshop capital of the United States
and the home for several of the largest Asian
communities outside of their home countries.
From Thai garment workers to restaurant and
supermarket workers in Koreatown and Pilipino
home healthcare workers, the working families
in Grassroots Rising are not passive victims,
but instead are reshaping the city through
their activism.
Presented
by the DC Labor FilmFest and the AFL-CIO.
Co-sponsored by APALA DC and the National Asian
Pacific American Women's Forum (NAPAWF), DC
Chapter Malcolm Amado
Uno
Sunday,
June 1 7P
Sicko
(2007, 123m, directed by
Michael Moore)
Location: National
Labor College, 10000 New Hampshire Avenue,
Silver Spring, MD
Academy Award winning
filmmaker Michael Moore applies his usual
sharp-edged satirical style to America's
dysfunctional healthcare system, using humor to
tell compelling stories of everyday people
faced with extraordinary and bizarre challenges
in their quest for basic health coverage. More
than just a film, the documentary has become a
stunningly effective organizing tool as
healthcare advocates have used it as to enrage,
educate and mobilize activists across the
country.
Presented by the
DC Labor FilmFest, the Metro Washington Council
AFL-CIO and hosted by the National Labor
College.
Friday, June 20
12-2P
FILM TBA
Location:
American Federation of Teachers, 555 New Jersey
Ave. NW, 4th floor conference
room
Presented by the
DC Labor FilmFest and hosted by the American
Federation of Teachers.
Friday,
June 27
12P
Brother
Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin
(2002,
83m)
Location: AFL-CIO, 816
16th St NW, Gompers Room
The story of
Bayard Rustin, the gay African-American Quaker
and lifelong peace, civil rights and labor
activist, who organized the 1963 March on
Washington and co-founded the AFL-CIO's A.
Philip Randolph Institute. Special screening in
honor of Gay Pride Month.
Presented by the DC Labor FilmFest and
the Labor Heritage Foundation. Co-sponsored by
Pride At
Work.
Friday,
July 25 12P
FILM TBA
Location: AFL-CIO, 815 16th St NW,
Gompers Room
Friday,
August 22 12P
FILM TBA
Location: AFL-CIO, 815 16th St NW,
Gompers Room
Friday,
September 26 12P
FILM TBA
Special
Screening in celebration of National
Hispanic-Latino Hertiage
Month
Location: AFL-CIO,
815 16th St NW, Gompers
Room
Friday, October
17 12P
FILM TBA
Location: AFL-CIO, 815 16th St NW,
Gompers Room
Friday,
November 21 12P
FILM TBA
Location: AFL-CIO, 815 16th St NW,
Gompers Room
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