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DESCRIPTION:INTERNATIONAL WORKING CLASS FILM FESTIVAL \nPresented by LaborFest 
 \n\n\nFOUR FILMS \n\n\nMaquilapolis \n\nIn 2001 Tijuana suffered a 
 recession as trans-national corporations, looking to cut labor costs even 
 further, left for Asian countries. In the global marketplace workers are 
 mere commodities. American capitalism has been addicted to cheap Mexican 
 labor since the U.S. conquest of Mexico in the nineteenth century. The 
 filmmakers, Vicky Funari and Sergio DeLa Torre, gave several women workers 
 in Tijuana video cameras to make a record of their lives, giving this 
 documentary the intimate feel of video diaries. While the film offers a 
 stark portrayal of the collective cost of unbridled capitalism on the lives 
 of working people and their families and the local environment, it also 
 tells an inspiring story of the struggle for justice and dignity. 
 \nhttp://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/vogel010507.html \n\n\nMy Bicycle \n\nIn 
 this documentary by filmmakers Esra Var, Seda Özdemir, Ercan Çof, 
 and Tolga Sert, we learn about the living conditions and stories of 
 temporary workers from a 13-year-old boy from Turkey. He comes to 
 Eskisehir, a big city in Turkey, every spring to work as a temporary beet 
 worker. \n\n\nNo Te Rajes \n\nA peaceful civil-disobedience movement took 
 over the heart of Mexico City for 49 days in 2006. This film by Caitlin 
 Manning provides background and context for the current wave of social 
 movements in Mexico. 
 \nhttp://www.mediarights.org/film/no_te_rajes_resistance_movement_in_mexico.php 
 \n\n\nEstamos Aqui \n\nThe American Federation of State, County, and 
 Municipal Employees (AFSCME) initiated a one-day strike at all the 
 University of California campuses in April of 2005. At U.C. Santa Cruz, 
 students and workers physically shut down the campus for hours as thousands 
 blocked two entrances to campus. This film gives an inside look at this 
 historic event. Blending interviews with custodians and dining hall workers 
 and on-the-ground footage at the picket line, this film gives an inside 
 look at the historic events of April 14, 2005, and the militancy of UCSC 
 students and workers that made the strike successful. 
 \nhttp://mediainsurgente.com/pages/trailers.html \n\nHumanist Hall is 
 wheelchair accessible on 28th Street. \n\nBefore and after the film, 
 everyone's invited to indulge in our Humanist Tea House. \n\n$5 donations 
 are accepted. \n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/06/18/18428425.php
SUMMARY:International Working Class Film Festival
LOCATION:Humanist Hall \n390 27th Street, midtown Oakland, between Telegraph and 
 Broadway, below Pill Hill \nhttp://www.HumanistHall.net 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/06/18/18428425.php
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