DC Labor FilmFest AFI SILVER THEATRE SCREENINGS
All screenings at the American Film Institute, 8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD
Click here for tickets on the DC Labor FilmFest AFI page.
Organized and presented by the Metropolitan Washington Council of the AFL-CIO, the Debs-Jones-Douglass Institute and the AFI Silver, the 17th annual DC Labor FilmFest features a wide-ranging selection of films about work, workers and workers’ issues.
IN DUBIOUS BATTLE Mon, May 1, 7:00p
SACCO AND VANZETTI (2006) Wed, May 3, 7:00p
METROPOLIS (with Alloy Orchestra) Sat, May 6, 1:00p
DEEPWATER HORIZON Wed, May 10, 7:00p
NO GOD, NO MASTER Mon, May 15, 7:00p
MATEWAN (WITH DIRECTOR JOHN SAYLES!) Tues, May 16, 7:00p
NATIVE LAND Mon, May 22, 7:15p
THE MEASURE OF A MAN (2015) Wed, May 24, 7:15p
HIDDEN FIGURES Wed, May 31, 7:00p
See below for detailed film write-ups and trailers, dates, times and links to purchase tickets.
Click here for tickets on the DC Labor FilmFest AFI page.
Organized and presented by the Metropolitan Washington Council of the AFL-CIO, the Debs-Jones-Douglass Institute and the AFI Silver, the 17th annual DC Labor FilmFest features a wide-ranging selection of films about work, workers and workers’ issues.
IN DUBIOUS BATTLE Mon, May 1, 7:00p
SACCO AND VANZETTI (2006) Wed, May 3, 7:00p
METROPOLIS (with Alloy Orchestra) Sat, May 6, 1:00p
DEEPWATER HORIZON Wed, May 10, 7:00p
NO GOD, NO MASTER Mon, May 15, 7:00p
MATEWAN (WITH DIRECTOR JOHN SAYLES!) Tues, May 16, 7:00p
NATIVE LAND Mon, May 22, 7:15p
THE MEASURE OF A MAN (2015) Wed, May 24, 7:15p
HIDDEN FIGURES Wed, May 31, 7:00p
See below for detailed film write-ups and trailers, dates, times and links to purchase tickets.
IN DUBIOUS BATTLE
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Mon, May 1, 7p
Click here for tickets AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Rd, Downtown Silver Spring, MD Hosted by SAG-AFTRA James Franco stars as a fiery union organizer who sets out to organize apple pickers in Central California during the 1930's with his young protege (Nat Wolff). Based on the first major work of Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Steinbeck, this rousing tale of workers fighting for a few more dollars a day takes on modern relevance as workers across the country today strike for a living wage. James Franco, US, 2016, 110 min; Stars James Franco, Vincent D'Onofrio, Selena Gomez, Robert Duvall and Ed Harris. |
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SACCO AND VANZETTI (2006)
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Wed, May 3, 7:00pm
Click here for tickets AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Rd, Downtown Silver Spring, MD Howard Zinn, Arlo Guthrie, and Studs Terkel provide contemporary interviews for this new documentary about the two Italian immigrants and anarchists — Bartolomeo Vanzetti and Nicola Sacco — who were accused of murder and ultimately executed in Boston in 1927. Their landmark case, which still resonates today, created an international outcry of injustice and brought attention to the plight of immigrants in America. (Rochester Labor Film Series) Peter Miller, US, 2006, 80 min. |
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METROPOLIS (with Alloy Orchestra)
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Sat, May 6, 1pm
Click here for tickets AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Rd, Downtown Silver Spring, MD Introduced by Linda Zachrison, Cultural Counselor for the Embassy of Sweden Director Fritz Lang’s prescient vision of an urban world in disarray has been digitally restored to its original premiere length. With this science fiction epic, Lang brought to the screen one of the most ambitious and iconic movies ever made. The story takes place in a city of the future, in which slaves toil underground for a ruling class that lives above in an urban utopia. Amidst this setting, two young idealists hope to unite the workers and bring the two worlds together. Live accompaniment by the Alloy Orchestra will create an unforgettable cinematic experience. The group is renowned for scoring and performing music for a wide and eclectic range of silent films. (note from Rochester Labor Film Series) Fritz Lang, Germany 1927, 148 min., DCP See the trailer here |
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DEEPWATER HORIZON
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Wed, May 10, 7:00p
Click here for tickets AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Rd, Downtown Silver Spring, MD Hosted by IFPTE (International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers) and SEIU (Service Employees International Union) Based on the true events that occurred on a BP oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010, the story chronicles the courage of the men who worked on the Deepwater Horizon and the extreme moments of bravery and survival in the face of what would become one of the biggest man-made disasters ever. Eleven workers died, and the ensuing oil spill -- the worst in U.S. history -- devastated the environment and Gulf Coast economy, yet not a single employee of either Transocean or BP was prosecuted. Peter Berg, US, 2016, 107 min; Stars Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell and John Malkovich See the trailer here |
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NO GOD, NO MASTEr
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Mon, May 15, 7:00p
Click here for tickets AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Rd, Downtown Silver Spring, MD When a series of package bombs show up on the doorsteps of prominent politicians and businessmen in the summer of 1919, U.S. Bureau of Investigation Agent William Flynn (David Strathairn) is assigned the task of finding those responsible. This re-telling of the story of anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti explores the disintegration of civil liberties during times of social unrest. A timely thriller with eerily similar parallels to the contemporary war on terrorism, as immigrants who had worked and lived in the United States for decades -- in those days mostly of Italian and Russian descent -- were suddenly labeled undesirables and detained without due process for several weeks, even months. "A tribute to those who have stood tall for human rights in the face of adversity," says director Terry Green. Terry Green, US, 2014, 94 min Click here to see the trailer |
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MATEWAN (WITH DIRECTOR JOHN SAYLES!
Tues, May 16, 7p
Click here for tickets AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Rd, Downtown Silver Spring, MD Hosted by NNU With Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones. Based on the 1920 showdown between coal miners determined to form a union and coal company agents hired to prevent them, this is one of the classic films about American labor. Trying to unite the miners, organizer Joe Kenehan explains, “They got you fightin’ white against colored, native against foreign, hollow against hollow, when you know there ain’t but two sides in this world — them that work and them that don’t. You work, they don’t. That’s all you got to know about the enemy.” Seeing an original 35mm print of Haskell Wexler’s cinematography on the big screen is an experience not to be missed. (Rochester Labor Film Series) John Sayles, US, 1987, 135 min., 35mm NATIVE LAND
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Mon, May 22, 7:15p
Click here for tickets AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Rd, Downtown Silver Spring, MD Narrated by Paul Robeson, Native Land, employs a cast of familiar if not stellar character actors in a story of how certain enemies within the US have done their best to suppress their fellow citizens' rights to freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of assembly and freedom from want. This 1942 film directed by Leo Hurwitz and Paul Strand, echoes today's depictions of capitalism’s war on the common man. Leo Hurwitz and Paul Strand, US, 1942, 89 min. THE MEASURE OF A MAN (2015
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Wed, May 24, 7:15p
Click here for tickets AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Rd, Downtown Silver Spring, MD Hosted by IATSE 22, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Vincent Lindon gives his finest performance to date as unemployed everyman Thierry, who must submit to a series of quietly humiliating ordeals in his search for work. Futile retraining courses that lead to dead ends, interviews via Skype, an interview-coaching workshop critique of his self-presentation by fellow job seekers; all are mechanisms that seek to break him down and strip him of identity and self-respect in the name of reengineering of a workforce. Directed by Stéphane Brizé, this 2015 film pushes the viewer to critique the realities of our new economic order and labor system. La Loi du marché, Stéphane Brizé, France 2015, 93 min., DCP, French w/subtitles Watch the trailer here |
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HIDDEN FIGUREs
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Wed, May 31, 7:00p
Click here for tickets AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Rd, Downtown Silver Spring, MD Hosted by the AFL-CIO ITC, IFPTE, SEIU and UFCW 1994/MCGEO The untold story of Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe)—brilliant African-American women working at NASA, who battled racism and sexism to serve as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit, a stunning achievement that restored the nation’s confidence, turned around the Space Race, and galvanized the world. who were part of NASA's team of human "computers." The film is a window into the growth of the federal workforce during and after World War II after President Franklin Roosevelt issued Executive Order 8802, which banned "discrimination in the employment of workers in defense industries or government because of race, creed, color, or national origin." Nominated for three Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Theodore Melfi, US, 2016, 127 min Watch the trailer here. |
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