As previously reported, we had planned to go monthly with our DC LaborFest screenings this summer, until we got this note:
“Many of us have become accustomed to starting our day with a dread of what terrible news that day might bring. But now, suddenly, we feel heartened to see so many of our fellow US Americans stepping forward to demand and build a society that is more equal, just and sustainable. The pandemic, economic crisis and increasingly visible violence against African Americans and other people of color have exposed long existing fault lines in our society, and pressure is building to correct them. There is widespread public discussion about emerging from the current crisis with a revitalized commitment to global justice, respect for the freedom and dignity of all people, and a sustainable environment.
To contribute to that discussion, Moving Images, in collaboration with our distributor Bullfrog Films, is offering free on-line viewings of our films that show living examples of people who are building the kind of world we want to see.”
In solidarity, Melissa Young and Mark Dworkin, Moving Images producers, and the Moving Images board

Tuesday, July 14: We Are Not Ghosts & Another World is Possible
7p EDT; Free via Zoom; RSVP here

This week: Neighborhood organizing in Detroit, and World Social Forum for global justice

We Are Not Ghosts [2012] – 52 min. Fifty years ago Detroit was booming, with two million hard working people living the American Dream. Then the auto industry fell on hard times and so did Detroit. Many people moved away. Whole neighborhoods turned into wastelands. But some have a vision for a new Detroit, as a human scaled city in a post industrial world. And with urban farms, peace zones, and spoken word poets, they are starting to make it real. Langston Hughes, Greater Reading, Awaken! Film Festivals. Brussels Academy Amsterdam, Free Speech TV broadcast.
Preview

Another World is Possible [2002] – 24 min. In 2002, 51,000 people from 131 countries gathered for the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Called in response to the elite gathering of the World Economic Forum, this week of workshops, panel discussions, and high-spirited demonstrations was inspirational for those attending. "What we've been doing all week here is telling each other rumors, about creative and brave resistance, telling each other stories, that are true stories...." - Naomi Klein.
Films courtesy Moving Images, in collaboration with distributor Bullfrog Films. Part of the 2020 Global Labor Film Festival, co-sponsored by the DC LaborFest.

Monday, July 20: Shift Change & WEconomics: Italy
7p EDT; FREE via Zoom; RSVP here

This week: Democratic workplaces benefit worker owners and local communities

Shift Change [2012] – 70 min. Employee ownership offers a real solution for workers and communities to have secure dignified work in democratic workplaces. Shift Change highlights worker-owned enterprises in North America and the remarkable Mondragon cooperatives in the Basque region of northern Spain. PBS, WORLD Channel broadcasts 2014-17.
Preview

WEconomics: Italy [2016] – 19 min. The Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy has one of the highest concentrations of cooperative businesses in the developed world , and this film highlights what a cooperative economy and society have to offer.

Films courtesy Moving Images, in collaboration with distributor Bullfrog Films, part of the 2020 Global Labor Film Festival! Co-sponsored by the DC LaborFest.

Tuesday, July 21: Gone Postal
7p EDT, Free via Zoom; RSVP here
Introduced by director Jay Galione

Jay Galione, son of a postal worker, investigates the dark corners of the U.S. Postal Service. Across the country, brave employees stand up to injustice on the job and fight to Save the People’s Post Office. A moving indictment of the toxic culture and push to downsize, this eye-opening documentary allows viewers to hear from experts and advocates including Ralph Nader and Richard Wolff, and directly from the selfless and courageous people hidden behind the scenes, long suffering and ignored.

91 min; 2019, U.S., documentary, directed by Jay Galione

Tuesday, July 28: Don't Give Up Your Voice & Good Food
7p EDT; Free via Zoom; RSVP here

This week: Resistance to Trump-like politics, and building a more sustainable food system

Don't Give Up Your Voice [2018] – 40 min. This film looks at the widespread and creative resistance to a repressive government in Argentina - in organized labor, at worker coops, street protests, theater and music - and offers timely lessons for us in the North.

Good Food [2008] – 57 min. Pacific Northwest family farmers, plus the businesses and markets that feature their products, show that it is possible to increase the supply of healthy, local, sustainably grown food. Seattle International Film Festival, broadcast PBS.

Films courtesy Moving Images, in collaboration with distributor Bullfrog Films, part of the 2020 Global Labor Film Festival! Co-sponsored by the DC LaborFest.

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