Calendar For Labor Goes to the Movies
All showings at 6 pm at:
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99 Hudson Street
Between Franklin and Harrison
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LABOR GOES TO THE MOVIES
FEB. 20 – FINALLY GOT THE NEWS
(League of Revolutionary Black Workers, 1970)
A documentary produced in 1970 by the League of Revolutionary Black Workers recounts the actions of the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement (DRUM). Following the Detroit uprising of 1967, radical black activists and autoworkers began protesting racist conditions at Chrysler’s Dodge factory that assigned them the most dangerous and onerous work and denied them access to more desirable jobs. After a wildcat strike led by DRUM in May 1968, Revolutionary Union Movements spread to other plants and the League of Revolutionary Black Workers was formed to serve as a central organization to coordinate the radical union organizing.
MAR. 12 – PORTRAIT OF TERESA [RETRATO DE TERESA]
(Pastor Vega, 1979)
Vega’s daring film examines the sexism of the triple shift of Cuban women in the years following the revolution. Teresa is a textile worker, mother and wife, and (apropos our film series) a participant in her factory’s cultural program. Putting in long hours at work and at dance rehearsals, Teresa comes home to a husband expecting her full-time attention to traditional domestic duties and unquestioned acceptance of traditional masculine prerogatives. In addition, the film broaches the persistence of class difference in revolutionary Cuba. This volatile film unleashed great controversy where it was released.
(Paul Schrader, 1978)
Shot in a Detroit factory when they were still churning out Checker cabs, the film traces the fate of three workers who rob their union. Though the robbery is a disaster, the thieves do make off with the cooked books of the union. The union pursues the burglars with stunning unscrupulousness as the FBI seeks informers to rat on the union. While the anti-union politics of the film are in many ways deplorable, the film demonstrates the explosiveness of racial tensions among the three friends (Richard Pryor, Yaphet Kotto and Harvey Keitel) when cynically manipulated by the union.
MAY 14 – CUNY FILMS
A selection of films made by PSC members, some of whom will be present.
All showings at 6 pm at:
CCNY Center for Worker Education
Sixth Floor
99 Hudson Street
Between Franklin and Harrison