• SCHEDULE • 2009 •
Admission to all events is by voluntary donation except where noted
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY EVENTS
SANTA CLARA COUNTY EVENTS
MONTEREY COUNTY EVENTS
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY EVENTS
Thursday, April 23, 2009
• 7 pm
Calvary Episcopal “Red” Church, Santa Cruz
The Willmar 8
(Director: Lee Grant, 1980, 50 min)
Sex discrimination at work drives apolitical women into the forefront of the struggle for women’s rights.
Poto Mitan: Haitan Women, Pillars of the Global Economy
(Directors: Renée Bergan & Mark Schuller, 2009, 52 min)
Women workers give the global economy a human face.
Speaker: Anu Menon, SF Department on the Status of Women; Pat Bakalian, Campaign for Gender Equality
Sponsor: Santa Cruz County Women’s Commission
Friday, April 24, 2009
• 7 pm
Watsonville City Council Chambers
La Huelga: The struggle of the UFW
(Filmmaker: Alexander Ivany, 2009, 18 min)
The legacy of Cesar Chavez and the union movement he inspired.
Workers’ Republic
(Filmmaker: Andrew Freund, 2009, 50 min)
Employees occupy closing Chicago factory for severance pay and their future.
Documentary on the Occupation
(Producer: United Electrical Workers Union, 2008, 20 min)
Video record by UE Union staff of the Republic Door & Window takeover.
Speakers: Alexander Ivany, filmmaker; Andrew Freund, filmmaker; Armando Robles, UE Local 1110 President; Melvin Maclin, UE Local 1110 VP; Mark Meinster, UE Organizer
Sponsor: PVFT
Saturday, April 25, 2009
• 7 pm
Quaker Meeting, Santa Cruz
The Corporation
(Director: Mark Achbar, 2004, 145 min)
The nature and spectacular rise of the dominant institution of our time.
Speaker: Skip Spitzer, sociologist & social change trainer
Sponsor: WILPF Corporations vs. Democracy Committee
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Commemorating the 10th Anniversary of the WTO protest in Seattle
• noon
Nickelodeon Theatre, Santa Cruz
Battle In Seattle
(Director: Stuart Townsend, 2008, 98 min)
Labor joins environmental, consumer and other groups in demonstrations that paralyze the WTO in 1999.
Speakers: A panel of Santa Cruz veterans of the real battle in Seattle will discuss what the Hollywood version got right and what it missed
Music: Mark Levy
• 4 pm
Calvary Episcopal “Red” Church, Santa Cruz
This Is What Democracy Looks Like
(Directors: Jill Friedberg & Rick Rowley 2000, 72 min)
At the WTO protests in Seattle in 1999, activists had a collective vision.
Awaken
(Filmmaker: George Ballis, 2000, 32 min)
Adventures of 5 union plumbers during the historic events to stop the WTO in Seattle.
Speakers: Skip Spitzer, sociologist & social change trainer; Fred Hirsch, retired plumber & labor activist; Ruth Hunter, lifelong activist
Monday, April 27, 2009
• 7 pm
Community TV Studio, Santa Cruz
Argentina Turning Around
(Directors: Mark Dworkin & Melissa Young, 2008, 37 min)
New models of work, politics and community development in Argentina.
Ants That Move Mountains
(Producer: Jodi Milano, 2002, 14 min)
In the wake of Hurricane Mitch, Nicaraguan women literally build a sewing cooperative from the ground up.
Democracy in the Workplace: All About Collectives
(Videographers: Margot Smith and Bob Purdy, 1999, 28 min)
Three worker-owned businesses show how to work collectively.
Speaker: Ross Newport, Community Printers
Sponsor: United Nations Association
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Workers Memorial Day
• 7 pm
Louden Nelson Center, Room 3, Santa Cruz
Prostitution: Sex Work or Sexual Exploitation
Demand
(Producer: Derek Holstad, 2007, 45 min)
Interviews with men who buy commercial sex, women and children sold as commodities, and the facilitators.
Introduction: Debora Bone, professor & past union president; Valerie Lasciak, Reel Work organizer
Speakers: Melissa Farley, writer and research psychologist; Ann Simonton, media activist; Angel Cassidy, change agent and substance abuse counselor
Sponsor: Media Watch
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
• 7 pm
Veterans Memorial Hall, Santa Cruz
Winter Soldier
(Producer: Vietnam Veterans Against the War, 1972, 96 min)
Excerpts of Vietnam vets’ testimony for in Detroit about their war experiences.
Winter Soldier: Iraq & Afghanistan
(Producer: Iraq Veterans Against the War, 2008, 65 min)
Eyewitness Accounts of the Occupations from Washington, DC hearings.
Speaker: Tim McCormick, veteran and union organizer
Music: Santa Cruz Peace Chorale, conducted by Aileen Vance
Sponsor: VFW Bill Motto Post 5888
Thursday, April 30, 2009
• 7 pm
Del Mar Theatre, Santa Cruz
The Red Tail
(Directors: Dawn Mikkelson & Melissa Koch, 2009, 86 min)
Sneak Preview in celebration of International Workers Day
Laid-off Northwest Airlines mechanic travels to China to meet his replacement.
Speakers: Dawn Mikkelson & Melissa Koch, filmmakers, and Roy Koch, former airline mechanic
Music: David Winters
Friday, May 1, 2009
International Workers Day
• 4-8 pm
Watsonville City Plaza
May 1st March & Rally for Immigrant and Worker Rights
Classes, Rally, March, Cultural Performances, and Films in the evening.
• 8:30 pm
Brown Beret & Bikeshop Warehouse, 555 Main St, Watsonville
Golden Lands, Working Hands: Against the Tide
(Director: Fred Glass, 1999, 27 min)
California labor history classic on farmworkers and teachers organizing.
En busca de un futuro/In Search of a Future
(Producer: Pan Valley Institute, 15 min)
Powerful film about the Oaxacan community and migra raids in Madera, CA.
Speakers: Fred Glass, Communications Director, California Federation of Teachers; Miguel Zafra, local photographer and community activist
Sponsor: Viernes Cultural
Saturday, May 2, 2009
• 3 pm
Live Oak Grange, Santa Cruz
Growing Food and Fuel: Film & Art Show
My Friends At The Farm
(Producer: Farm Sanctuary, 2006, 19 min)
Contrasts factory farming with animals’ lives at a farm sanctuary.
Tackling Child Labour In Agriculture
(Producer: International Labour Organization, 2007, 9 min)
The production of food and beverages we consume relies on the labor of 132 million children worldwide.
Bracero Stories
(Producer: Patrick Mullins, 2008, 56 min)
Stories of five former braceros put a human face on the concept of foreign “guest worker.”
Music: Peter Weiss, the “Singing Scientist”
Speakers: Karen Kaplan, Valerie Lasciak, Ken Knobler, Batya Kagan, Michael Levy, Jay Cabrera, Ray Newkirk, Bill Le Bon, David Blume
Art Show by local artists
• 6 pm • Vegetarian Potluck
Desserts provided. Please bring your cup, plate & utensils.
• 7 pm
Burger King Exposed
(Producer: Brave New Films, 2009, 4 min)
Fast food chain is owned by Goldman Sachs. CEO is paid 360 times more than the workers.
Growing Awareness
(Director: Jade Ajani, 2007, 103 min)
Community-Supported Agriculture success stories from the Pacific Northwest.
Music: Barney Greer And The Dinosaurs
Speakers: Peter Beckmann, Langdon Roberts, Liz Milazzo, Darryl Wong, Jade Ajani, filmmaker
Sunday, May 3, 2009
• 4 pm
SEIU Union Hall, Santa Cruz
Union Democracy, What Does It Look Like?
Film clips and rank-and-file panel on union democracy.
Speakers: Steve Zeltzer, Labor Video Project; Nick Steinmeier, SEIU 521 Staff Director; Workers from NUHCW and SEIU
Monday, May 4, 2009
• 7 pm
Kresge Town Hall, UCSC
Learning to Bend Steel
(Filmmaker: Alex Johnston, 2009, 10 min)
Labor historian Archie Green’s first day at work on the San Francisco dry docks in 1940.
La Huelga: The struggle of the UFW
(Filmmaker: Alexander Ivany, 2009, 18 min)
The legacy of César Chávez and the union movement he inspired.
Dos Americas: The Reconstruction of New Orleans
(Filmmaker: David Zlutnick, 2008, 47 min)
Latino workers drawn to the city after Katrina find themselves pitted against other exploited groups.
Speakers: Alex Johnston and Alexander Ivany, filmmakers
MONTEREY COUNTY EVENTS
Thursday, April 23, 2009
• 7 pm
CSUMB Tanimura and Antle Library 1180, Seaside
Workers’ Republic
(Filmmaker: Andrew Freund, 2009, 50 min)
Employees occupy closing Chicago factory for severance pay and their future.
Documentary on the Occupation
(Producer: United Electrical Workers Union, 2008, 20 min)
Video record by UE Union staff of the Republic Door & Window takeover.
Speakers: Andrew Freund, filmmaker; Armando Robles, UE Local 1110 President; Melvin Maclin, UE Local 1110 VP; Mark Meinster, UE Organizer
Monday, April 27, 2009
• 7 pm
CSUMB Media Learning Center 18/118, Seaside
Dos Americas: The Reconstruction of New Orleans
(Filmmaker: David Zlutnick, 2008, 47 min)
Latino workers drawn to the city after Katrina find themselves pitted against other exploited groups.
Bracero Stories
(Producer: Patrick Mullins, 2008, 56 min)
Stories of five former braceros put a human face on the concept of foreign “guest worker.”
Argentina Turning Around
(Directors: Mark Dworkin & Melissa Young, 2008, 37 min)
New models of work, politics and community development in Argentina.
Friday, May 1, 2009
• 2 pm
CSUMB Tanimura and Antle Library 1180, Seaside
The Red Tail
(Directors: Dawn Mikkelson & Melissa Koch, 2009, 86 min)
Sneak Preview in celebration of International Workers Day
Laid-off Northwest Airlines mechanic travels to China to meet his replacement.
Speakers: Dawn Mikkelson, Melissa Koch & Roy Koch
• 6 pm
Asilomar Conference Center, 800 Asilomar Blvd. (at Sinex), Pacific Grove
Monterey Bay Central Labor Council May Day Awards Dinner
Tickets: 831-422-4626 or www.montereybaylabor.org
Sponsors of all CSUMB events: California Faculty Association at CSUMB, Student California Teacher’s Association at CSUMB
SANTA CLARA COUNTY EVENTS
Monday, April 20, 2009
Honoring Earth Day
• 6:30
Location TBA (email laborstudies@sbcglobal.net for info)
The Greening of Southie
(Director: Ian Cheney, 2008, 72 min)
The story of Boston’s first LEED-certified residential green building, and the people who made it possible.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
• 6:30 pm
Drama Building, San José City College
Made In LA
(Producers: Almudena Carracedo & Robert Bahar, 2007, 70 min)
Latina immigrant sweatshop workers win basic labor protections.
Speakers: Rosa Perez, Chancellor, San José/Evergreen Community College District; Michael Burke, President, SJCC; Almudena Carracedo, filmmaker
Thursday, April 23, 2009
• 6:30 pm
San José City College Student Center Community Room
Lost and Found
(Filmmakers: UCLA students, 2008, 5 min)
Tales of UCLA students who struggle with the documentation issue.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
• 4 pm
Plumbers’ Union Hall, UA Local 393, San Jose
Workers’ Republic
(Filmmaker: Andrew Freund, 2009, 50 min)
Employees occupy closing Chicago factory for severance pay and their future.
Speakers: Andrew Freund, filmmaker; Armando Robles, UE Local 1110 President; Melvin Maclin, UE Local 1110 VP; Mark Meinster, UE Organizer
Sponsors of all Santa Clara County events: SJCC Labor Studies, Santa Clara County Building Trades Council
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