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DESCRIPTION:LaborFest's  14th Annual Opening Day and Night is better than ever.  
 \n\nLaborFest was established in 1994 to institutionalize the history and 
 culture of working people in an annual labor cultural, film and arts 
 festival. It begins every July 5th, which is the anniversary of the 1934 
 “Bloody Thursday” event. On that day, two workers Howard Sperry and 
 Nick Bordoise were shot and killed in San Francisco. They were supporting 
 the longshoremen and maritime workers strike. This incident brought about 
 the San Francisco General Strike which shut down the entire city and led to 
 hundreds of thousands of workers joining the trade union movement.\n\nThe 
 films for the afternoon of July 5, starting at 2 p.m., are:\n1. Sacco and 
 Vanzetti    (82 min) 2006 \nBy Peter Miller \nSacco and Vanzetti brings to 
 life the story of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, two Italian 
 immigrant anarchists who were accused of a murder in 1920, and executed in 
 Boston in 1927 after a notoriously prejudiced trial. Millions of people 
 around the world protested on their behalf, and now, 80 years later, their 
 story continues to have great resonance, as civil liberties and the rights 
 of immigrants are again under attack.Powerful prison writings (given voice 
 by John Turturro and Tony Shalhoub) and passionate interviews with Howard 
 Zinn, Arlo Guthrie and Studs Terkel are interwoven with artwork, music, and 
 film clips. Through the story of Sacco and Vanzetti, audiences will 
 experience a universal - and very timely - tale of official injustice and 
 human resilience. For more, see 
 http://www.willowpondfilms.com/sacco_and_vanzetti.html\n\n2.  Eugene Debs & 
 The American Movement \n(43 min) 1977\nBy Cambridge Documentary Films\nThis 
 film tells the story of railroad worker Eugene Debs’ life through his 
 speeches and photographs. He is one of the most important labor leaders in 
 the history of the United States. Jailed for opposing the 1st world war, he 
 fought for workers rights and received over one million votes while running 
 for president from jail. He founded the American Railway union and led the 
 Pullman strike in 1894. He founded the Socialist Party in 1901 and ran four 
 times as its presidential candidate.  He won 900,369 votes in 1912, about 
 6% of the vote.  He also organized the Industrial Workers of the World with 
 Mother Jones, Big Bill Haywood and 
 others.\nhttp://www.cambridgedocumentaryfilms.org/debs.html#\n\nSee 
 also\nhttp://www.laborfest.net/2008schedule.htm\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/06/15/18507365.php
SUMMARY:Laborfest: Opening Day Movies - Sacco Vanzetti & Eugene Debs
LOCATION:Roxie Theatre 3117 16th St., San Francisco (near 16th BART station)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/06/15/18507365.php
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