We're very pleased to be co-sponsoring the online labor film database together with the DC Labor Film Fest. This extraordinary resource includes no fewer than 1,465 union films and videos. I think it's a fantastic resource for trade unionists everywhere and we should all be grateful to Chris Garlock and the Washington DC Metro Labor Council for putting this together. If you have videos to suggest for inclusion in this list, please send them on to cgarlock@dclabor.org.

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You'll notice a new icon on the left of the screen. It's for The DC Metro Council's Labor Film Fest this Fall. If you click the image, it will take you to the page and you can see for yourself, the amazing movies that will be shown at AFI in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Here's the announcement from this morning's Metro Labor Council:

LABOR FILMFEST SET FOR OCTOBER: The 8th annual DC Labor FilmFest will be held from October 9-12, organizers report. The FilmFest, one of the only labor-themed film festivals in the world, screens films from around the world celebrating the struggle for social justice. Click here for details; ad space is available in the popular Festival Guide, which is distributed to all FilmFest-goers and supports the FilmFest, which is now coordinating a year-round program of free screenings. The free screenings have already drawn hundreds for nine screenings of seven films this year, including At The River I Stand, A. Philip Randolph: For Jobs and Freedom, Mother Jones: America's Most Dangerous Woman, Fired!, Women Organize!, Sicko, and Grassroots Rising! with a full schedule set for May and June at the AFL-CIO, the American Federation of Teachers and the National Labor College. “With our new year-round calendar and expanded line-up of activities, your support is more important than ever to ensuring the Labor FilmFest's existence and growth,” says FilmFest Co-Chair Jos Williams.

And Thanks go out to Andy Richards for helping me with the widget coding for the image. You totally rock Andy!!

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No, seriously, I want to know.

You see, here I am on line wanting to buy movies. Yeah for the writers' strike being over, but I'm salivating at titles like:

From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks: The Life and Times of Harry Bridges
Haskell Wexler directed this film version of Ian Ruskin performing his one-man show about Harry Bridges, the extraordinary leader of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, to a packed house of 1000 longshore workers. Includes appearances by Elliott Gould and Ed Asner, as well as music by Jackson Browne, Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Sarah Lee Guthrie and others.
(2007, 82 min) $24

And

Rebuilding San Francisco 1906-1910: The Workers Story
In the weeks following the 1906 Earthquake, thousands of union tradesmen – piledrivers, ironworkers, bricklayers, electricians, plumbers and countless others, worked to rebuild the city of San Francisco.
(2006, 27 min) $20

Or how about Argentina?

The Take
Thirty unemployed auto-parts workers occupy their factory in the wake of Argentina's spectacular economic collapse.
(2004, 87 min.) $30

What about Women struggling to organize?

Bread & Roses
Gripping story of a group of immigrant workers who take a stand against the million dollar corporation who exploit them. Cannes Film Festival Golden Palm Award nominee. $15

Damn, I just don't think I have enough money to make it possible to buy everything that Labor Heritage offers!

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I know what I'm planning to do this Friday at noon!!

, February 22
A. Philip Randolph: For Jobs and Freedom
12 noon, AFL-CIO, Gompers Room, FREE
The Attorney General of the United States called him "the most dangerous Negro in America." He forced President Roosevelt to integrate the armed forces, won the first-ever contract for a Black union and was the moving force behind the historic 1963 March on Washington. In celebration of Black History Month, the DC Labor FilmFest will show the 1996 documentary "A. Philip Randolph: For Jobs and Freedom."

This should be a highlight of my week!!

DC hosts a movie a month then a full on Labor film series in October. For more info, check out their site.

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