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LABOR HERITAGE FOUNDATION CATALOG 815 16th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20006 www.laborheritage.org 202-639-6204 LABOR MUSIC ART BOOKS FILMS • • film • • film • • film • • Made In L.A. NEW $49 The Corporation $26 A story of struggle, triumph and change. 7 CEOs, 3VPs, 2 Whistleblowers, 1 Broker, This film deftly interweaves the story of the 1 Spy and 1 Really big mess. Corporate groundbreaking boycott and lawsuit; the insiders and critics explore the nature and focus is always on the women themselves, spectacular rise of the most pervasive how they became agents of change, gaining institution of our time. self-confidence and self esteem as they become more deeply involved in the struggle, Norma Rae $10 Sally Field won an Oscar for her performance Strange Fruit NEW $49 as a textile worker in the South who organizes Explores the origins and legacy of Billie a union in her mill. Holiday’s haunting classic, one of the most influential protest songs ever written…the interplay of race, labor, the left, and popular culture that gives rise to the Civil Rights The Big Sellout NEW $49 Movement. This film demonstrates how people are fighting the commodification of basic public 10,000 Black Men Named George $15 goods..it reminds us that there are faces Docudrama about A. Philip Randolph and behind the statistics. The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters , the first Black Union in America. A true story February 1 NEW $49 about “the most dangerous man in America.” This film documents what would become the blueprint for non-violent civil rights protests… a movement of ordinary people motivated A Killer Bargain NEW $49 to extraordinary deeds…to assert their basic human dignity. A shocking look at the availability of cheap consumer goods, imported by Western NEW $49 companies, whose prices don’t reflect the Where Do You Stand? human and environmental costs of their An intimate and timely portrait of American production…. Makes it clear that it is up to workers challenges of the post-industrial consumers to hold companies accountable age…a bittersweet story about workers willing for the conditions under which their products to fight for the economic and social justice are produced. only a union can bring. The Business of America NEW $49 Chicken Run $15 The first film to probe one of the most treasured Great fun for the whole family. A great economic assumptions: that private corporations introduction to Unions and organizing. can be trusted to make the investments upon Facing imminent death while laying eggs at which all American depends. Tweedy’s English farm, a group of chickens, led by the determined Ginger plan to escape their prisonlike coop. Title Price Title Price Title Price 9 to 5 $ 15 From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks $ 20 Metropolis $ 20 A Vision Shared $ 15 Full Monty $ 15 Morristown: In the Air and Sun $ 24 A. Philip Randolph: For Jobs Golden Lands, Working Hands $ 20 Mother Jones $ 10 and Freedom $ 49 Granito de Arena $ 25 Navigators $ 15 Brother Outsider: Harlan County USA $ 40 Negroes with Guns $ 49 The Life of Bayard Rustin $ 49 Harlan County War $ 25 Newsies $ 43 Cradle Will Rock $ 20 It’s Hard to Tell the Singer from North Country $ 15 Devil’s Miner $ 24 the Song $ 24 Out of Darkness $ 16 Fighting For Our Lives $ 5 Maquilapolis: City of Factories $ 49 Pajama Game $ 20 Visit us online at www.laborheritage.org or call 202-639-6204 for more information • • film • • film • • film • • Bread and Roses $27 Christ In Concrete $25 Gripping story of a group of immigrant workers Based on Pietro di Donato’s prize-winning who take a stand against the million dollar novel about an Italian immigrant bricklayer and corporations who exploit them. Cannes Film his family in New York City. Long thought to be Festival Golden Palm Award nominee. lost, this film was recently released in a fully restored version. Directed by Edward Dmytryk. Salt of The Earth, $20 Classic labor film about a New Mexico Black Gold: Wake Up and Smell the miners’ strike with most of the roles Coffee NEW $49 played by the strikers and their families. After seeing Black Gold, coffee will never taste the same again… it tells the story of the farmers who produce the beans and that ordinary Five Factories NEW $49 citizens can influence trade, environmental, and human rights policy…by voting with their This film provides a rare look at the develop- dollars! ment of a new labor movement…it is a penetrating look at the Bolivarian socio- economic project co-ownership initiatives The Other Europe NEW $49 in which workers’ councils play a key role in Unlike most coverage of immigration issues… company management. this film explains why undocumented workers are an integral part of Western economics. American Dream $20 The film is an unambiguous call to stop the Barbara Kopple’s second Academy Award-winning hypocrisy and political posturing and develop documentary focuses on the 1984 Hormel plant strike in humane, consistent immigration policies. Austin, Minn. The Inheritance $30 At The River I Stand $49 Labor history documentary sponsored by the Amalgamated Documents the 1968 Memphis sanitation workers’ strike Clothing Workers of America focusing on garment workers and the historical forces which came together with the death during the first 30 years of the union’s struggle. Features music of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Pete Seeger, Judy Collins, Millard Lampell, and others. A Harold Mayer Production. Live Nude Girls Unite $30 Follows the quest of dancers at the Lusty Lady Club to form the first ever Exotic Dancers Union. $10 BUTTONS The Molly Maguires All buttons $1 each Sean Connery is the leader of a secret society of militant miners; Richard Harris is the undercover detective working A Woman’s Place Is In Her Union for the coal operators. Directed by Martin Ritt. Bosses Beware—When We’re Screwed We Multiply! DANGER! Educated Union Member Friends Don’t Let Friends Cross Picketlines Title Price I’m Not For Sale—Don’t Privatize Me Rebuilding San Francisco 1906-1910: Organize The Workers Story $ 20 ¡Organice! Salt of the Earth $ 16 Solidaridad Pa’ Siempre Silkwood $ 15 Tell Us the Truth Tour $ 20 Solidarity Forever The Paterson Silk Strike $ 12 Support Your Local Steward The Take $ 30 Unions: The Folks That Brought You The Weekend This is What Democracy Looks Like $ 25 Union Duh—The Obvious Choice We Can Do It! (Rosie the Riveter) LHF disclaimer: Documentaries are licensed for public showings; You Can’t Scare Me I’m Stickin’ To The Union call for details on these or other films. • • music • • music • • music • • music • • NEW Gonna Take Us All, Jon Fromer $15 NEW A New World for Our Heirs $15 Hot new 2008 CD release from the inspiring Solidarity Notes Labour Chorus Jon Fromer; with 10 songs that will move you, Canada’s famed Solidarity Notes Labour Choir motivate you, and mesmerize you!! presents a new wave in music to inspire, challenge, and uplift us all. These international NEW Holiday Songs for Peace and $15 collections of songs will absolutely thrill you. Justice, Seattle Labor Chorus The newest release from the Seattle Labor And Still We Sing, Holly Near $25 Chorus pushing the envelope on singing Known as “the outspoken collection” this two- about peace and justice and creating it. This disk set captures the beauty, grit, and zest for CD is sure to be a holiday classic. life in 37 life changing songs; representing decades of revolutionary social change singing NEW Great Big World, LEA $15 that is ever present, vibrant and relevant. “Amazing” gifted and profound new singer songwriter producing folk for the next I Feel Like Going On $15 generation. Get in the groove with LEA on DC Labor Chorus this modern day introduction to the world of The magic of music comes alive with this FOLK!! chorus’ renditions of labor and cultural music that will invite you to join in, take action, and NEW Singing is Believing, Pat Wynne $15 make change happen all around you. This album celebrate work, women’s hands, solidarity, creativity, love, and the first blooms The U-Liners, U-Liners $17 of spring. It draws on the broad, deep currents This crisp blend of rock-n-roll, country, R&B, of North American music, from gospel to and labor music is served up powerfully to George Gershwin, from salsa to Nina Simone. inspire with the much-needed themes of hope peace, justice, and equality. Latino(a) American Labor Music Children’s Labor Music Siempre He Estado Aqui/I Have Been Here Forever, Alma $15 This Land is Your Land: An All-American Chilren’s Folk Classic, Songs of the Chicano Movement, Rolas de Aztlán $17 Woody and Arlo Guthrie $15 La Fuerza de la Raiz, Francisco Herrera $15 cELLAbration!—A Tribute to Ella Jenkins $15 Senora del Canto, Rosa Martha $15 Yo Fui Bracero, Rosa Martha & Francisco Javier $15 Choral/Choir Labor Music Posada Sin Fronteras, Rosa Martha & Francisco Javier $15 The Power of Song, Brooklyn Women’s Chorus $15 Justice Has No Borders, Baldemar Velasquez $18 Union Power, Whiteville Choir $15 Canciones por la Causa, Baldemar Velasquez $20 DC Labor Chorus $5 Nuestras Voces Se Levantan/Our Voices Will Rise $15 This Line is Singin’!, Freedom Song Network $15 “Si Se Puede!”—United Farm Worker Classics $10 Front Porch Music, Linda Tillery & The Cultural Heritage Choir $16 NYC Labor Chorus Live 1993 $15 African American Labor & Civil Rights Music Workers Rise: Labor in the Spotlight $15 Get on Board!, Kim and Reggie Harris $15 In Solidarity, NYC Labor Chorus $15 Steal Away, Kim and Reggie Harris $15 On the March!, NYC Labor Chorus $15 Where Did You Sleep Last Night?, Leadbelly $17 Songs of Working People, Seattle Labor Chorus $15 Stand Up Together, Harold Palmer $15 It Can’t Be Beat, Solidarity Singers $15 Ballad for Americans, Paul Robeson $24 Solidarity Notes Choir $15 Freedom Train and Welsh Transatlantic Concert, Paul Robeson $10 Carry It On, Steel Choir of Bethlehem, Pa.