Start the year with some great labor films
Let me quickly recommend some lesser known labor films worth your attention.
“1913 Massacre”: Great movie about Michigan tragedy
1913 Massacre is a touching documentary that revisits the tragic events that took place in the copper mining town of Calumet in the northern tip of Michigan on Christmas Eve 1913.
Artist, teacher, Chicano activist, Jose Montoya made history
Much-beloved California artist, teacher, and former poet laureate of Sacramento, Jose Montoya died Sept. 25 at the age of 81.
Living New Deal illuminates labor, art history on San Francisco’s waterfront
Living New Deal will catalogue and preserve New Deal projects in the U.S.
David Rovics' songs of social significance
David Rovics will be performing live on March 15th at the LLC Performance Hall, 1475 East 15th Avenue, Eugene, Oregon, at 6:00 PM in a benefit for The Peoples World.
Apocalypse Five and Dime: stomping sound for workers' cause
Apocalypse Five and Dime combines vocals, percussion, a saxophone, and string and brass instruments to produce a sound that was once called: "twisted intense bluegrass/Balkan."
Cleveland Laborfest & Forum, and labor exhibition
It was a multimedia celebration from videos and powerpoint presentations to live drama and music.
Jon Fromer: A political life in song
In 1965, Fromer marched from Selma to Montgomery, Ala. with civil rights marchers, kick-starting his life-long devotion to fighting for justice through song.
Anti-teacher-union “Won’t Back Down” flunks at box office
"Won't Back Down," the Hollywood movie portraying teachers unions as pretty much the devil, has set the record for the worst opening since 1982.
