The 2021 Global Labor Film Festival presents
HAYMARKET
The Bomb, The Anarchists, The Labor Struggle
Watch free now!
Join the discussion tonight!
THE FILM (available now to watch free online): The Chicago Haymarket Affair in 1886, where a bomb thrown into the ranks of police, was followed by an eruption of panic and violence resulting in a trial and execution of presumably innocent workers' rights activists. In this feature documentary, expert historians and professors present the history of the bomb, the anarchist movement of the 19th century, and the labor struggle of working people fighting for a shorter workday during the industrial might of America's Gilded Age.
THE DISCUSSION (8pm ET Saturday, May 1; click here to RSVP): Join Haymarket director Adrian Prawica and labor historians Joe McCartin (Georgetown University) and Steven Brier (CUNY School of Labor) for an online discussion moderated by DC Labor FilmFest director Chris Garlock.
Presented by the DC Labor FilmFest, Workers Unite! Film Fest, the Rochester Labor Film Series, the Bread and Roses Heritage Committee, the Haifa International Labor Film Festival, the Labour in Motion Movie Club, the LAN Festival, the Nordic Labour Film Festival and the Green Mountain Labor Council, as part of the 2021 Global Labor Film Festival.
PLUS: West Coast screening/discussion by the Reel Work Labor Film Festival!
Labor Studies Professor Dana Frank will moderate a conversation with filmmaker Adrian Prawica and audience Q&A on the significance of May Day to the labor movement (screening starts at 6:30pm PDT on May 1; discussion at 8p PDT). RSVP here: bit.ly/RWMayDay
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