We're really excited to have just added a brand-new film, "Resisterhood" which will screen this Thursday. AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler will introduce this inspiring -- and timely -- feature-length documentary about the power of women, hope and resistance in the age of Trump. Please sign up here and spread the word!

Click here for the complete line-up.

The series is organized and sponsored by the DC LaborFest/DC Labor FilmFest, and co-sponsored by American University’s Center for Media & Social Impact, Coalition of Labor Union Women, Labor Heritage Foundation, Rochester Labor Film Series, Women Make Movies’ OWOV (One Woman One Vote) Festival*

As with our previous series earlier this year, all our screenings are online and free. Thanks as always to festival sponsor American Income Life for their generous support.

See you at the movies!

- Chris Garlock, Director, DC LaborFest

Tuesday, September 22
PATSY MINK: AHEAD OF THE MAJORITY
7p, FREE via Zoom; RSVP here

2008; 56m; documentary; Women Make Movies’ OWOV (One Woman One Vote) Festival

In 1965, Patsy Takemoto Mink became the first woman of color in the United States Congress. Seven years later, she ran for the US presidency and was the driving force behind Title IX, the landmark legislation that transformed women’s opportunities in higher education and athletics.

Thursday, September 24
RESISTERHOOD
7p, FREE via Zoom; RSVP here
2020; 97m; documentary
Introduced by AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer Liz Shuler; Q&A with director Cheryl Jacobs Crim; Hosted by MWC president Dyana Forester 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

CLICK HERE for the complete Fall 2020 Labor Filmfest line-up.

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