LaborFest:Videos on Education: Renaissance 2010 and Class Dismissed

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Date:

Sunday, July 15, 2007

Time:

1:00 PM - 3:30 PM

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Screening

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Location Details:

ILWU Hall, Local 6 Hall, 255 9th Street (near Howard), San Francisco (near Civic Center BART)

Discussion after the films on privatization/corporatization in education with videographers Jackson Potter and Pepi Leistyna. Also joining the discussion will be Robert McCarthy a Hayward Highschool teacher of NEA-CTA who was a one of the videographers of The Channel 16.84 "The Truth" a daily video strike bulletin on youtube.
Renaissance 2010: On The Front Lines (52 min) 2007
by Jackson Potter & Al Ramirez. A video documentary showing the threat to public education stemming from school privatization. This presentation features teachers from charter and traditional schools, educational experts, and community leaders affected by Renaissance 2010.
and
Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class (62 min) 2005 by Loretta Alper & Pepi Leistyna
This film navigates the steady stream of narrow working class representations from American television's beginnings to today's sitcoms, reality shows, police dramas, and daytime talk shows.

For more information: http://laborfest.net/2007schedule.htm#31

Added to the calendar on Sat, Jun 23, 2007 10:11AM

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