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A Day's Work, A Day's Pay
Mint Leaf Productions
Follows three welfare recipients in New York City from 1997 to 2000 as they participate in the largest welfare to work program in the nation. When forced to work at city jobs for well below the prevailing wage and deprived of the chance to go to school, these individuals decide to fight back, demanding programs that will help them get off welfare and into real jobs.
Running time 57 minutes VHS Video
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At the River I Stand
California Newsreel
A skillful reconstruction of the Spring 1968 dramatic climax of the Civil Rights movement and tragic death of Dr. Martin Luther King who came to Memphis in support of the 1,300 sanitation workers who took on the white power structure, striking for higher wages and union recognition.
Running Time: 58 minutes VHS Video
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Freedom On My Mind
The landmark civil rights documentary on Freedom Summer in Mississippi in 1964.
Running Time: 110 minutes VHS Video
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Matewan
John Sayles
Struggles of coal miners against the anti-union forces of 1920s capitalism in West Virginia.
Running Time: 130 minutes VHS Video
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No Looking Back
Canadian Auto Workers
Barna-Alper Productions
No Looking Back documents the history of the Canadian Auto Workers, from the sit-down strikes in 1937 through its separation from the United Auto Workers in the 1980s. Extensive use of archival materials. (1988; see also: Final Offer)
Running Time: 75 minutes - VHS Video
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Out of Darkness:
The Mine Workers' Story
UMWA
Video history of the United Mine Workers of America (UWMA).
Running Time: 90 minutes VHS Video
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Picking Up the Torch
Southern California Library
For too long, the rights of immigrant workers to organize and defend their interests have been trampled by greedy bosses and uncaring government officials. This video traces the role these workers played in building the U.S. - and the importance of including them in today's labor movement. (1993)
Running Time: 12 minutes - VHS Video
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SOA:
Guns and Greed
Maryknoll World Productions
Latin American soldiers trained at the U.S. Army School of the Americas (SOA) use their guns to protect the greed of large corporations and world financial institutions that exploit the people and resources of their own countries. Students, labor leaders, veterans and church people join in nonviolent protests to close the school.
Running Time: 20 minutes - VHS Video
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Salt of the Earth
One of the most gripping, controversial films ever made. Created in a small, New Mexico mining town with a largely nonprofessional cast, this film still strikes a resonant chord in the hearts of millions of people who have flocked to its message of human dignity and freedom.
When it was released in 1954, Salt of the Earth was boycotted by almost every theatre in the country because it had been made by a blacklisted Hollywood group. The story is based on a mining community's true-life struggle to achieve better working conditions. It is an eloquent plea for economic and sexual equality - made long before these issues became part of the national consciousness.
Running Time: Feature Length - VHS Video
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School of the Assassins
Maryknoll World Productions
Narrated by Susan Sarandon. Did you know that U.S. taxpayers fund a school on U.S. soil which has graduated some of the worst human rights violators in the hemisphere? Since it was established in 1946, the U.S. Army School of the America has trained thousands of Latin American and Caribbean soldiers. Among them: the former dictators of Argentina, Bolivia, Honduras and Panama. Using rarely-seen footage, the program shows how officers who studied at the school are responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands. The camera reveals the hidden world of the School of the Americas, and the work of church people, activists and members of Congress to close it down.
Running Time: 18 minutes - VHS Video
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