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Celebrating Black History Month: Struggles In Steel, Grinning Skull, We Can't Breathe
FILMS: The First Wave & Coronavirus Capitalism
 
Labor film fans: The DC Labor FilmFest is teaming up with the Workers Unite! Film Festival and the Global Labor Film Festival to wrap up Black History Month 2022 with free virtual screenings through Saturday, February 26th of the feature film Struggles in Steel -- "a powerful picture of black working-class life in the latter part of the 20th century" -- and the short films Grinning Skull and We Can't Breathe (see below). Plus The Vanished, the latest short from Heather White ('Complicit').
Labor films at the SAG Awards: the Screen Actors Guild Awards air this Sunday, February 27 at 8pm ET on TNT and TBS; check out today's edition of the [link removed] Labor Goes to the Movies podcast for the most laborific films nominated for SAG awards this year, including Belfast, King Richard, West Side Story, Squid Game, Maid, White Lotus, Dopesick, The Chair, and The Morning Show.
PLUS: RSVP now for the March Bread and Roses screenings: The First Wave & Coronavirus Capitalism
Tuesday, March 8; FREE; 7p ET; [link removed] RSVP HERE
Chris Garlock, Director, DC Labor FilmFest
Struggles in Steel: A History of African-American Steelworkers
The forgotten story of the African-American struggle for equality in the U.S. steel industry, told in a combination of interviews and documentary footage. (1996, 57 min, Director: Tony Buba, Raymond Henderson) [link removed] Tix (free!)
"An outstanding job! ... Provides a vitally important historical foundation for the current debates about race and affirmative action." - Bruce Nelson, Dartmouth College
"Heartbreaking and enlightening ... A shameful story full of sound and fury." - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"Intelligent and informative ...The filmmakers cull revealing and often deeply moving commentaries from interviews with more than 70 steelworkers ... An effective teaching tool." - Variety
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Grinning Skull
Set in Los Angeles in 1946, Black and Latina female washroom attendants wrestle with the decision to unionize, bucking racism, sexism, and class discrimination at the Pacific Electric Railway subway terminal. (2018, 21m, Director: Sikivu Hutchinson) [link removed] Tix(Free)
We Can't Breathe
A young couple clashes in the wake of a racially charged murder committed by a police officer. Starring Jordane Christie ("A Haunting On Hill House", "Atlanta") and Jasmine Aivaliotis. (2020, 10m, Director: Clarence Williams IV) [link removed] Tix (FREE)
Also, through March 5th, check out the latest short from Heather White ('Complicit'), The Vanished. A human rights activist lives in fear after he discovers fellow Uyghurs have been abducted from neighboring countries and returned to China. (2021, 5m) [link removed] Tix(FREE)
FILMS: The First Wave & Coronavirus Capitalism
Tuesday, March 8
FREE; 7p ET; [link removed] RSVP HERE
[link removed] Two must-see films about the pandemic.
The First Wave (2021, 93m) follows nurses, doctors, and administrators as they all desperately try to navigate the COVID-19 crisis.
Coronavirus Capitalism (2020, 8:48) features Naomi Klein on how COVID gives capitalists license to steal even more than they used to.
Introduced by Ken Zinn, Political Director for National Nurses United.
"THE FIRST WAVE is a testament to the strength of the human spirit." National Geographic
"A breathtaking testament to the fight to live, the calling to heal, and the power of human connection." Variety
"Viscerally disturbing and achingly humanistic." Los Angeles Times.
Co-sponsored by: [link removed] Old Labor Hall (Barre. VT), [link removed] London Labour Film Festival, [link removed] Construir Cine Film Festival (Buenos Aires, Argentina), [link removed] Workers Unite! Film Festival (New York City).
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