6 Short Films About Workers and Work:

The Choice: a fable

(Laura Lewis-Barr, 2023, 2 min, USA)

A group of Chickens debate an important choice. Adapted from a socialist fable.

Meeting Human Needs

(Liz Gibson-DeGroote & Paula Krasiun-Winsel, 2022, 19 min, Canada)

Fight to protect pubic services in Saskachewan. Paean to Tommy Douglas, Premier from 1944-1961.

$20 Gift Card

(Thalia Drori Ramirez, 2023, 8 min, USA)

What is the value of human labor, especially when that labor is performed by Latinos? A $20 Christmas bonus after a year of horrible working conditions?

The City That Works: Portland City Laborers & The Fight For Fair Wages

(Anna Lueck, 2023, 10 min, USA)

City of Portland essential workers who keep Portland clean and functional, including park rangers, wastewater treatment plant operators, and road maintenance crews, go on strike due to lack of compensation for the increasing demands and dangers of their jobs.

Tiburcio Parrott - Faces Of St. Helena

(Alex Lyman, 2024, 3 min, USA)

The person who overturned the Chinese Exclusion Act.

Fruits of Resistance

(Aline Juárez, 2023, 22 min, Spain)

Mostly immigrant agricultural laborers in huge greenhouses in Andauzia, Spain, organize for pay and respect.

All Filmmakers will appear on a Panel, followed by Q&A with the audience.

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