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International Labor films presented by Reel Work Labor Film Festival
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Date:
Thursday, April 20, 2017
Time:
7:00 PM
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10:00 PM
Event Type:
Screening
Organizer/Author:
Reel Work Labor Film Festival
Location Details:
Resource Center for Nonviolence, 612 Ocean St, Santa Cruz
Thursday, April 20
7 pm • Resource Center for Nonviolence, 612 Ocean St, Santa Cruz
International Labor Films
THE COST OF GOLD
(Chuck Fadely & Debbie M Price, 2012, 14 min, Philippines)
Documentary about the humanitarian costs of gold mining in the Philippines, which often uses child labor and involves very unsafe working conditions.
SLAVERY AT SEA
(The Guardian, 2015, 14 min, Thailand)
A Guardian investigation has linked Thailand's fishing industry with the vast transnational trafficking syndicates profiting from the misery of some of the most persecuted people on Earth.
FRUITS OF THEIR LABOUR
(Amnesty International, 2016, 13 min, Indonesia)
Big brand names are selling food, cosmetics and other everyday staples containing palm oil tainted by shocking human rights abuses in Indonesia, with children as young as eight working in hazardous conditions.
SOMETHING IN THE WATER
(Leo David Hyde, 2016, 16 min, Greece)
The fight against water privatization by Greek unions in the city of Thessaloniki.
Speaker: Angie Ngoc Tran, Ph.D., Professor, Political Economy, CSUMB
Event Sponsor: United Nations Association
7 pm • Resource Center for Nonviolence, 612 Ocean St, Santa Cruz
International Labor Films
THE COST OF GOLD
(Chuck Fadely & Debbie M Price, 2012, 14 min, Philippines)
Documentary about the humanitarian costs of gold mining in the Philippines, which often uses child labor and involves very unsafe working conditions.
SLAVERY AT SEA
(The Guardian, 2015, 14 min, Thailand)
A Guardian investigation has linked Thailand's fishing industry with the vast transnational trafficking syndicates profiting from the misery of some of the most persecuted people on Earth.
FRUITS OF THEIR LABOUR
(Amnesty International, 2016, 13 min, Indonesia)
Big brand names are selling food, cosmetics and other everyday staples containing palm oil tainted by shocking human rights abuses in Indonesia, with children as young as eight working in hazardous conditions.
SOMETHING IN THE WATER
(Leo David Hyde, 2016, 16 min, Greece)
The fight against water privatization by Greek unions in the city of Thessaloniki.
Speaker: Angie Ngoc Tran, Ph.D., Professor, Political Economy, CSUMB
Event Sponsor: United Nations Association
For more information:
http://reelwork.org/schedule.htm
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KPFA Pacifica WorkWeek radio looks at the Putin government and the attack on Russia by both Democrats and Republicans as well as the situation of workers and unions in Russia. Also WorkWeek hears about the 2017 Reel Work Film and Video festival in the South Bay, Santa Cruz and Monterey.
Pacifica KPFA WorkWeek Radio looks at the US attacks on Putin and Russia and what the conditions of the working class and unions are in Russia with Marxist, labor writer and journalist Boris Kargalitsky. He is director of the Institute of Globalisation and Social Movements and is chief editor of the Russian-language online journal Rabkor.ru (The Worker).
Next WorkWeek Radio hears about 2017 May Day ReelWork labor film and video festival in San Jose, Santa Cruz and Monterey counties. We interview
Festival organizer Jimmy Kelly and Eric Wong and producer of the film Si Se Puede about the Watstonville Latina Teamsters working at a food processing company.
WorkWeek then discusses the WorkWeek May Day Film festival which is held in the counties of Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and Monterey. Film organizer Jimmy Kelly and Eddie Wong who produced a film Si Se Puede about the 30 year old Watsonville Teamster strike which involved immigrant Latina women.
For more information
https://www.tni.org/en/bio/boris-kagarlitsky
http://www.reelwork.org
Production of WorkWeek Radio
workweek [at] kpfa.org
https://soundcloud.com/workweek-radio
Pacifica KPFA WorkWeek Radio looks at the US attacks on Putin and Russia and what the conditions of the working class and unions are in Russia with Marxist, labor writer and journalist Boris Kargalitsky. He is director of the Institute of Globalisation and Social Movements and is chief editor of the Russian-language online journal Rabkor.ru (The Worker).
Next WorkWeek Radio hears about 2017 May Day ReelWork labor film and video festival in San Jose, Santa Cruz and Monterey counties. We interview
Festival organizer Jimmy Kelly and Eric Wong and producer of the film Si Se Puede about the Watstonville Latina Teamsters working at a food processing company.
WorkWeek then discusses the WorkWeek May Day Film festival which is held in the counties of Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and Monterey. Film organizer Jimmy Kelly and Eddie Wong who produced a film Si Se Puede about the 30 year old Watsonville Teamster strike which involved immigrant Latina women.
For more information
https://www.tni.org/en/bio/boris-kagarlitsky
http://www.reelwork.org
Production of WorkWeek Radio
workweek [at] kpfa.org
https://soundcloud.com/workweek-radio
For more information:
https://soundcloud.com/workweek-radio/ww4-...
Russian labor writer and Marxist Boris Kargalitsky discusses the social and political crisis in Russia and the role of Putin and the Oligarchs who put him in power as well as the US. He also discusses the conditions of unions and labor in Russia
For more information:
https://soundcloud.com/workweek-radio/ww4-...
KPFA WorkWeek radio discusses the Reel Work film and video festival that is taking place in the South Bay, Santa Cruz and Monterey including a historical video about the Watsonville strike 30 years ago by Eddie Wong.
For more information:
https://soundcloud.com/workweek-radio/ww4-...
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