FALL 2020 ONLINE LABOR FILM SERIES
NOTE: Each film has it's own RSVP link!
Organized and sponsored by the DC LaborFest/DC Labor FilmFest
Co-sponsored by American University’s Center for Media & Social Impact, Coalition of Labor Union Women, Labor Heritage Foundation, Rochester Labor Film Series
OVERVIEW: (all screenings 7p via Zoom)
Tuesday, September 22: PATSY MINK: AHEAD OF THE MAJORITY
JUST ADDED! Thursday, September 24: RESISTERHOOD
Tuesday, September 29: QUEEN SUGAR
Tuesday, October 6: CHISHOLM '72: UNBOUGHT AND UNBOSSED
Tuesday, October 13: IN THE AISLES
Tuesday, October 20: NO TIME TO WASTE - THE URGENT MISSION OF BETTY REID SOSKIN
Tuesday, October 27: ATLANTICS
Past screenings
Wednesday, September 2: THE ARTIST AND STATE: POLITICAL ART IN MEXICO AND THE U.S.
Tuesday, September 8: SUFFRAGETTES IN THE SILENT CINEMA
Wednesday, September 9: REDES LIVES!
Thursday, September 10: WAGING CHANGE
Tuesday, September 15: NAE PASARAN
Organized and sponsored by the DC LaborFest/DC Labor FilmFest
Co-sponsored by American University’s Center for Media & Social Impact, Coalition of Labor Union Women, Labor Heritage Foundation, Rochester Labor Film Series
OVERVIEW: (all screenings 7p via Zoom)
Tuesday, September 22: PATSY MINK: AHEAD OF THE MAJORITY
JUST ADDED! Thursday, September 24: RESISTERHOOD
Tuesday, September 29: QUEEN SUGAR
Tuesday, October 6: CHISHOLM '72: UNBOUGHT AND UNBOSSED
Tuesday, October 13: IN THE AISLES
Tuesday, October 20: NO TIME TO WASTE - THE URGENT MISSION OF BETTY REID SOSKIN
Tuesday, October 27: ATLANTICS
Past screenings
Wednesday, September 2: THE ARTIST AND STATE: POLITICAL ART IN MEXICO AND THE U.S.
Tuesday, September 8: SUFFRAGETTES IN THE SILENT CINEMA
Wednesday, September 9: REDES LIVES!
Thursday, September 10: WAGING CHANGE
Tuesday, September 15: NAE PASARAN
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RESISTERHOODThursday, September 24
7p, FREE via Zoom; RSVP here 2020; 97m; documentary Introduced by AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer Liz Shuler (Invited); Q&A with director Cheryl Jacobs Crim; Hosted by Dyana Forester, president of the Metro Washington Council AFL-CIO and Elise Bryant, president of the Coalition of Labor Union Women Resisterhood is a feature-length documentary about the power of women, hope and resistance in the age of Trump. It follows fledgling and veteran activists as they fight for our rights on the streets and in the halls of power. Produced, directed, filmed and edited by women, Resisterhood is a testament to the strength of ordinary Americans in this extraordinary time. Co-sponsored by the DC LaborFest, Labor Heritage Foundation, Coalition of Labor Union Women QUEEN SUGAR 
Tuesday, September 29
7p, FREE via Zoom; RSVP here 2019; drama Introduced by Dr. Sherri Williams, Assistant professor in race, media and communication at American University’s School of Communication The Bordelon's sugar mill experiences an ICE raid in an episode that highlights contemporary issues and illustrates how dangerous white supremacy for all people of color but in different ways, including subjugating the literal freedom of Latinx people and blocking the economic freedom of the Black family that owns the mill. Queen Sugar in an American drama television series created and executive produced by Ava DuVernay, with Oprah Winfrey serving as an executive producer. CHISHOLM '72: UNBOUGHT AND UNBOSSED
Tuesday, October 6
7p, FREE via Zoom; RSVP here 2004; 77m; documentary An in-depth look at the 1972 presidential campaign of Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman elected to Congress and the first to seek nomination for the highest office in the land. Co-sponsored by Suffrage.Race.Power.Black Women Unerased IN THE AISLES
Tuesday, October 13
7p, FREE via Zoom; RSVP here 2018; 125m; drama Introduced by TBD; Sponsored by TBD Christian begins to work as a shelf stacker at a supermarket and finds himself in a new, unknown world: the long aisles, the bustle at the checkouts, the forklifts. NO TIME TO WASTE - THE URGENT MISSION OF BETTY REID SOSKIN
Tuesday, October 20
7p, FREE via Zoom; RSVP here 2020; 50m; documentary Celebrates legendary national park ranger Betty Reid Soskin who, at age 98, still actively presents her unique perspective on American history to visitors at Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park. ATLANTICS
Tuesday, October 27
7p, FREE via Zoom; RSVP here 2019; 92m; drama After a group of unpaid construction workers disappears at sea one night in search of a better life abroad, the women they have left behind in Dakar are overwhelmed with a mysterious fever. Ada, 17, secretly grieves for her love Souleiman, one of the departed workers, but she has been promised to another man. After a fire breaks out on her wedding night, a young policeman is sent to investigate the crime. Little does he know that the aggrieved workers have come back as haunting, possessive spirits. While many of them seek vengeance for their unpaid labor, Souleiman has come back for a different purpose - to be with his Ada one last time. |
