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DESCRIPTION:International Working Class Film and Video Festival (Night 5)  July 19 
 (Monday) 7:30 p.m. $5  New College Theater  777 Valencia St. (near 19th 
 St.), San Francisco  ===========================================  "Ten 
 Thousand Black Men Named George"  A film by Robert Townsend, 2002 (95 
 minutes)  In the 1920s, the right of American workers to join a labor union 
 was still considered an open question, and African-Americans were routinely 
 denied their civil and economic rights. So in 1925, when journalist and 
 political activist Asa Philip Randolph and railway car porter Ashley Totten 
 formed the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, it was a bold gesture which 
 proved to have a major impact in both labor and race relations in America. 
 This made-for-cable feature dramatizes the struggle of Randolph (played by 
 Andre Braugher) and Totten (Mario Van Peebles) to organize railway porters 
 -- a demanding and sometimes dangerous job held almost exclusively by black 
 men paid low wages for long hours -- against the staunch opposition of 
 Barton Davis (Kenneth McGreggor), the head of the Pullman Railway Company 
 and a fierce opponent of both unionization and civil rights initiatives. 
 "10,000 Black Men Named George" (the film's title refers to the fact that 
 porters were often called "George" by white passengers, which was 
 considered a racial slur) also features Charles S. Dutton as Milton 
 Webster, a veteran porter who joined the fight to organize, Carla Brothers 
 as Lucille Randolph, Randolph's wife who would play a major role in the 
 early years of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, and Brock Peters as 
 Leon Frey, an early member of the union who would in time betray their 
 cause.  ===========================================  The evening will also 
 include live music by Jack Chernos and, at 6:30 p.m. before the film, a 
 reception for the book "We Live on the Railway" by Hiroshi Nakano.  
 LaborFest 2004 is a month of film, music, poetry, theater, talks, tours, 
 and other events celebrating labor, our history and future. Held every July 
 since 1994, LaborFest commemorates San Francisco's 1934 General Strike. For 
 a complete schedule, visit http://www.laborfest.net  \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/07/15/43043.php
SUMMARY:International Working Class Film and Video Festival (Night 5)
LOCATION:New College Theater  777 Valencia St. (near 19th St.), San Francisco  
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/07/15/43043.php
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