Tonight -- Free Screening Commemorates Guthrie's 100's Birthday

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)A free screening of Hard Travelin’, the story of Woody Guthrie told through those who knew him, will be held tonight at Busboys & Poets (5th St location). The film, “a reminder of just how good a songwriter Woody Guthrie was” (Jon Pareles, The New York Times) will celebrate the 100th anniversary of Woody Guthrie’s birth and kick off the DC Labor FilmFest, which runs through October 18.  A “warmhearted memorial to the folk singer whose songs galvanized organizers and guitar-pickers across the United States,” the screening of Hard Travelin’ is co-presented by the Busboys & Poets Bread & Roses Labor Series, the DC Employment Justice Center, and the DC Labor FilmFest.