SPRING 2021 ONLINE LABOR FILM SERIES
Organized and sponsored by the DC LaborFest/DC Labor FilmFest; 2021 schedule coming soon!
JUST ADDED (3/4): Upcoming screenings at the Workers Unite! Film Festival!
JUST ADDED (3/4): Upcoming screenings at the Workers Unite! Film Festival!
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A WOMAN’S WORK: THE NFL’S CHEERLEADER PROBLEM
Tuesday, March 9, 7p EST FREE; RSVP here Presented by the DC Labor FilmFest and the Coalition of Labor Union Women Introduced by Mark Gaston Pearce, Visiting Professor and Executive Director, Georgetown Law’s Workers’ Rights Institute Post-film Q&A with director Yu Gu, hosted by Tarn Goelling, Vice President, Coalition of Labor Union Women A Woman’s Work: The NFL’s Cheerleader Problem sheds light on the continued fight to end the gender pay gap prevalent throughout the National Football League. For over 50 years, the NFL has employed cheerleaders—women who are lifelong athletes expected to both maintain a peak physical condition and fulfill extreme beauty standards. Many of these athletes have been historically underpaid, with some earning as little as $5 an hour, while others are never paid a salary at all. A Woman's Work chronicles the journeys of cheerleaders from the Oakland Raiders and the Buffalo Bills, each of whom put their careers on the line to take legal action and fight for fair pay. Film website. Workers Unite! Film Festival
Monday and Tuesday
Catch the Encore Screening of 'Councilwoman'! (Free) March 8th 11:00AM - March 9th 11:00PM EST Watch Page Councilwoman - Politicians aren’t often full-time hotel housekeepers, union members (UNITE HERE!), grandmothers, and immigrants working service jobs. But Carmen Castillo changes that when she wins a seat on the City Council in Providence, Rhode Island. (Directed by Margo Guernsey, 2018, 57m) (Trailer) Carmen Castillo is a Dominican City Councilwoman who maintains her job cleaning hotel rooms, as she takes on her new role in politics. She faces skeptics who say she doesn’t have the education to govern, the power of corporate interests who take a stand against her fight for a $15/hourly wage in the City, and a tough re-election against two contenders—all of this while balancing the challenges of managing a full-time job cleaning hotel rooms, and a personal relationship. It’s a journey behind the scenes of politics after the victory. “This little documentary is a major winner.” — TrustMovies “Councilwoman is an inspiring and informational documentary that serves both as record and template for what politics and politicians can look like in 2019.” — Remezcla “The film is powerful, inspirational and change-making!” — Patrice Green, Surdna Foundation Plus, 'Rosie the Riveter' Documentary - Last Week of March March 24th 11:00AM - March 31st 11:00PM EST Watch Page The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter - Domestic. Shop girl. Waitress. Cook. Those were the jobs for women in the 1930's — when they could get work. Suddenly the U.S. entry into World War II created an unprecedented demand for new workers. Notions of what was proper work for women changed overnight. Thousands of posters and billboards appeared calling on women to “Do the Job He Left Behind.” Rosie the Riveter was born — the symbol of working women during World War II. (Directed by Connie Field, 1980, 1 hr 5m) (Trailer) “The best film on working women I have seen.” — Molly Haskell, Ms. Magazine “A classic movie. And an essential film in the annals of feminist history.” — Karen Cooper, Film Forum All listings/viewings at bit.ly/WatchWUFF10 Special Thanks to the Women's Committee of NYS PEF for Sponsoring these events! 
2021 Great Labor Arts Exchange: Singing Through the Hard Times
June 17-20, 2021 Join in a Celebration of the Life and Work of Anne Feeney Details to follow. |
