AFI Latin American Film Festival: Labor films
The following screenings are co-presented by the DC LaborFest/DC Labor FilmFest; show your union card and get the AFI member discount (if ordering online, choose the “AFI Member (LAFF)” option)!
All screenings at AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, 8633 Colesville Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
Helmet Heads [Cascos Indomables] (Costa Rica)
Fri, September 13, 9:30pm – 11:00pm; Tue, September 17, 9:45pm – 11:15pm; Wed, September 18, 5:30pm – 7:00pm
Waiting For The Carnival [Estou Me Guardando Para Quando O Carnaval Chegar] (Brazil)
Sat, September 14, 2:30pm – 4:00pm; Mon, September 16, 7:15pm – 8:45pm
Setting The Bar: A Craft Chocolate Origin Story (Peru)
Sat, September 14, 4:30pm – 6:00pm
The Chambermaid (2018) [La Camarista] (Mexico)
Tue, September 17, 7:15pm – 9:00pm; Thu, September 19, 5:15pm – 7:00pm
I'm Leaving Now [Ya Me Voy] (U.S. and the World)
Sat, September 21, 12:15pm – 2:00pm; Mon, September 23, 7:15pm – 9:00pm
Midnight Family (Mexico)
Sat, September 28, 1:05pm – 3:00pm; Wed, October 2, 7:05pm – 9:00pm
The Gasoline Thieves [Huachicolero] (Mexico)
Sat, September 28, 9:20pm – 11:00pm
Baltimore Symphony Musicians present a Free Concert: Celebrate Baltimore, Community and the Power of Music
Sat, September 14, 4pm – 6pm
New Shiloh Baptist Church, 2100 N Monroe St, Baltimore, MD 21217
FREE but RSVP required
Free concert featuring the Baltimore Symphony Musicians in performance led by Marin Alsop and featuring a combined choir from the choral community of Baltimore, including the Carter Legacy Singers. Also featured, as soloists are renowned soprano, Janice Chandler and Tony Award winning baritone, Brian Stokes Mitchell. The event will also feature a video message from Congressman Elijah Cummings.
The event is free of charge to the public, but attendees must reserve and print tickets through Eventbrite.
The Moment Was Now (World Premiere!)
September 13-15 and 20-22
at the Emmanuel Episcopal Church
811 Cathedral St., Baltimore
Buy Tickets Now
Written and conceived by longtime labor organizer Gene Bruskin, The Moment Was Now takes you back to 1869 in post-civil war Baltimore during the period of Reconstruction, a moment when America almost did the right thing. Echoing the current moment, the musical centers around the impassioned search for unity among the dynamic leaders of powerful movements, at a meeting convened by Frederick Douglass. Hope hangs in the balance at this turning point in US history.
Director and Choreographer Darryl! Moch
Musical Director Glenn Pearson, with Chester Burke
Featuring: Julia Nixon, Ariel Jacobson, Lecount Holmes, Jenna Rose Stein, Darryl! Moch
More about the moment at www.themomentwasnow.com or on Facebook. Presented by The Cultural Worker Ensemble.
Bread and Roses series: BSO musician fundraiser
Tue, September 17, 6pm – 8pm
Busboys and Poets, 235 Carroll St NW, Washington, DC 20012
Free but space is limited; click here to RSVP
Locked-out Baltimore Symphony Orchestra musicians – members of AFM Local 40-543 – will perform music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Claude Debussy, Yuko Uebayashi and Brian Prechtl, as well as provide an update on the ongoing lockout.
The performance – part of Local 40-543’s Make Music with Baltimore Symphony Musicians Project and co-presented by the DC Musician’s Union (AFM Local 161-710), the Metro Washington Council AFL-CIO and the DC LaborFest, is free, but attendees are urged to support the BSO musicians through their Go Fund Me account.
Newsies (with special Labor Talkback!)
Friday, December 13, 2019⋅8:00 – 11:00pm
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater
1101 6th St SW, Washington, DC 20024
Tickets $49 each (plus handling); click here to order
In the summer of 1899, the newsboys of New York City took on two of the most powerful men in the country — Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst — and won. Inspired by true events, join us for a musical that will knock you off your feet!
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