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DC LABORFEST 2016 • FILM • MUSIC • ART • THEATRE • HISTORY • SOCCER • POETRY • RADIO “Labor in art celebrates, evokes, transcends, and transforms.” Follow us www.dclabor.orgon Facebook: DCLaborFilmFest Proud Sponsor of the 2016 DC Labor FilmFest

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Contents: LaborFest/Labor FilmFest Schedule…………………………………. 3 Welcome from DC Labor FilmFest Co-Chairs...... 5 Greetings from DC Mayor Muriel Bowser...... 7 Greetings from Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett...... 9 Maryland Assembly LaborFest Proclamation...... 11 Director’s Notes...... 13

DC Labor FilmFest Advisory Board...... 15 FilmFest Sponsors...... 17/19 Art as Storytelling: by Roger Smith...... 21 2016 DC Labor Fest/Labor Filmfest Event Details: Films, Music, Art, Theatre, History, Soccer, Poetry, Radio...... 23-55 LABORFEST/FILMFEST AT-A-GLANCE CALENDAR OVERVIEW………...... 32

Cover quote excerpted from “Art as Storytelling” by Roger Smith (page 21)

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2 DC Labor Film Fest 2016 DC LABORFEST/LABOR FILMFEST SCHEDULE AFL-CIO/UMD Archives Reception & Tour: Sun, May 15, 4:00p...... 23 Arise! International Workers’ Day Special: Fri, April 29, 9-9:30a...... 23 Ben Shahn Frescos: Thu, May 12, 12:00p...... 23 Concussion: Wed, May 18, 7:00p...... 23 DC Labor Bike Tour: Sat, May 14, 10:30a...... 25 DC Labor Chorus Spring Concert: Sat, May 14, 7:30p...... 25 DC United Labor Night: Fri, May 13, 7:00p...... 27 DC YTU/NoVA YELL Happy Hour: Mon, May 16, 5:30p...... 55 Dream On: Fri, May 13, 12:00p...... 27 Harvest of Empire: Tue, May 3, 6:00p...... 29 The Haymarket Handbills: Thu, May 19, 3:00p...... 29 IBEW Museum Tour: Wed, May 11, 12:00p...... 31 The Intern: Sat, May 14, 11:00a...... 31 Iron Workers History Tour: Wed, May 18, 12:00p...... 31 Jazz showcase with Rusty Hassan: Tue, May 31, 5:00p...... 45 Joe Hill: Mon, May 23, 7:00p...... 31 Joe Uehlein, Steve & Peter Jones: Tue, May 10, 6:00p...... 33 Judge Smith Band: Tue, May 17, 6:00p...... 33 Labor Film Poster Exhibit: May 1-31...... 35 Labor History Edit-A-Thon: Sun, May 15, 1:30p ...... 35 Labor History Walk: Sat, May 21, 10a-1:00p...... 27 Labor Live @5 on WPFW 89.3 FM: Fri, April 29, Tue, May 10; Tue, May 17; Thu, May 19; Tue, May 24; Tue, May 31, 5:00p...... 35 Love and Solidarity: Fri, May 20, 12:00p...... 35 Magpie & George Mann: Thu, May 19, 5:00p...... 39 Mayday March & Rally: Sun, May 1, 2:00p...... 39 Mother Jones Memorial Wreath-Laying: Sun, May 1, 12:00p...... 41 99 Homes: Wed, May 11, 7:15p...... 41 Poetry at Work (reading): Tue, May 24, 5:00p...... 41 Redes DVD release preview: Fri, May 13, 7:00p...... 43 Redes: Sat, May 14, 3:30p...... 43 7 Chinese Brothers: Mon, May 16, 7:00p...... 45 Sherpa: Mon, May 9, 7:15p...... 45 Sing Faster: The Stagehands’ Ring Cycle: Wed, May 25, 7:00p...... 47 Suffragette: Wed, May 4, 7:00p...... 47 Teamsters History Tour: Wed, May 25, 12:00p...... 49 The TEMPest: April 29 & 30; May 1, 6, 7 & 8...... 49 The 33: Mon, May 2, 7:00p...... 51 Trumbo (2015): Fri, April 29, 7p; May 1, 4:45p; Tues, May 3, 7:00p...... 51 Trumbo (2007): Sat, April 30, 4:45p; Sun, May 1, 11:00a...... 51 Tula Connell on “Conservative Counter-revolution”: Thu, May 5, 6:30-8:30p...... 25 Union City Radio: Weekdays at 7:15a on WPFW 89.3 FM...... 53 Working Lunch screenings: Fri, May 6, 13, 20 & 27, 12:00p...... 53 The Working Class Goes to Heaven: Sun, May 22, 3:15p...... 53 WPA Murals Tour: Thu, May 5, 12:00p...... 55 Young Unioinists Night at The Movies/Happy Hour: Mon, May16, 5:30p...... 55 Your Rights at Work Radio Show: Thursdays, 1-2:00p...... 55

DC Labor Film Fest 2016 3 The Amalgamated Transit Union is proud to support the

Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO and the DC Labor Film Fest. Enjoy your evening.

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Lawrence J. Hanley, International President Javier M. Perez, Jr., International Executive Vice President Oscar Owens, International Secretary-Treasurer

4 DC Labor Film Fest 2016 DC Welcome From The DC LABORFEST 2016 LaborFest/Labor FilmFest • FILM • MUSIC • ART • THEATRE • HISTORY • SOCCER • POETRY Co-Chairs • RADIO “It’s hard to imagine the labor movement Follow us Returning for the third year, the DC LaborFest is well on its without art” www.dclabor.orgon Facebook: DCLaborFilmFest way to becoming as established a cultural institution as the annual DC Labor FilmFest, which anchors the LaborFest and is now in its 16th year. With over 60 events – films, music, poetry, art, theatre, history, soccer and radio – the LaborFest is indeed bigger and better than ever and we’re sure that you’ll find something to inspire. As always, none of this would be possible without the generous financial support of our sponsors, who continue to share our vision and ensure the survival and expansion of this annual celebration. American Income Life heads up the list of our Premiere Sponsors, as it has since our very first year, and we’re so pleased and honored to feature AIL CEO Roger Smith’s wonderful essay, Art as Storytelling on page X. Roger eloquently sums up what the LaborFest is all about: “Art provides the perfect media for touching hearts, transporting history, and rekindling workers’ age-old hope for a better life.” Thanks also to our other Premiere Sponsors, the Amalgamated Transit Union, National Nurses United, SAG-AFTRA and SEIU. Special thanks to our Festival Hosts, and to all our sponsors, who you’ll find listed on pages 17 and 19. Back in 2000, when Tony Mazzocchi walked into the Metro Washington Council’s office with his plan to start a DC Labor FilmFest, it took a very special labor leader to not only recognize a good idea but to have the ability to turn that gleam in Tony’s eye into reality. Jos Williams embraced the opportunity to provide everyone – whether they belong to a union or not – with a different way to see the issues affecting working men and women. “Come for the movie, stay for the movement,” he urged, and we are privileged and honored to carry Jos’ – and Tony’s -- work on. We look forward to seeing you at this year’s LaborFest as the struggle for economic justice continues.

Jackie Jeter Mark Dudzic DC LaborFest/Labor FilmFest Co-Chair LaborFest/Labor FilmFest Co-Chair Metro Washington Council AFL-CIO DC Debs-Jones-Douglass Institute

DC Labor Film Fest 2016 5 The SAG-AFTRA Washington-Mid Atlantic Local congratulates our many members featured in the festival’s lms.

JOIN US FOR SPECIAL SAGAFTRA SCREENINGS OF

Trumbo Friday, April 29, 7 p.m.

Concussion Wednesday, May 18, 7 p.m.

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Movies by, for, and about working people

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8 DC Labor Film Fest 2016 OFFICE OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND 20850 May 2016 Dear Friends: Welcome to Silver Spring and to the American Film Institute’s (AFI) Silver Theatre for the 16th Annual DC Labor FilmFest! This year, the DC Labor FilmFest is anchoring the third DC LaborFest, a month-long labor cultural, film and arts festival in May. The LaborFest line-up includes a fascinating assortment of events of music, theatre, art, poetry and music, all anchored by the main Labor Film- Fest at the American Film Institute right here in Montgomery County. The DC festival of labor culture joins LaborFests around the world, including in San Francisco, Tokyo, Osaka, Buenos Aires, Argentina, El Alto, Bolivia, Capetown, South Africa, Istanbul and Ankara, Turkey. We are so proud to help put the metropolitan Washington area “on the map” as well when it comes to labor culture. While you are in Silver Spring, we hope you will take the opportunity to experience vibrant, downtown Silver Spring. Catch a show at the Fillmore Silver Spring, just up Colesville Road from the AFI Silver Theatre, or visit the many restaurants, stores and boutiques that Silver Spring has to offer. . Sincerely,

County Executive

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DC Labor Film Fest 2016 9 Georgetown University’s Kalmanovitz The Maryland General Assembly Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor (KILWP) develops creative strategies and innovative public policy to improve workers’ lives in a changing economy.

We draws on Georgetown’s distinctive identity—its commitment to intellectual ex- cellence, grounding in the Catholic and Jesuit traditions, history of inter-religious coopera- tion, global reach, and prominence as an are- na of policy debate in the nation’s capital—to Official Citation advance prosperity, broadly-shared economic Be it hereby known to all that justice, and respect for the dignity of labor. sincerest congratulations Founded in 2009, the Kalmanovitz Initiative are offered to was created as a space to engage questions of workers’ rights and the future of the labor Metropolitan Washington Council AFL-CIO movement. Since then, the KI has taken on special projects that explore policies sup- in recognition of porting workers’ rights, coalition building between labor and community groups, and the DC Labor Fest honors and celebrates the issues and concerns connecting students to local advocacy and of working people, using labor art to powerfully raise our awareness organizing opportunities. of the plight, struggles and triumphs of working men and women.

Pictured above: KILWP students facebook.com/kilwp marching in solidarity with DC’s workers Presented on this 1st day of May 2016 Pictured below: Worker Justice DC @georgetownKILWP alternative spring program 2015 participants

by Delegate ______William C. Smith, Jr. of Montgomery County - Legislative District 20

10 DC Labor Film Fest 2016 The Maryland General Assembly

Official Citation Be it hereby known to all that sincerest congratulations are offered to Metropolitan Washington Council AFL-CIO in recognition of the DC Labor Fest honors and celebrates the issues and concerns of working people, using labor art to powerfully raise our awareness of the plight, struggles and triumphs of working men and women.

Presented on this 1st day of May 2016

by Delegate ______William C. Smith, Jr. of Montgomery County - Legislative District 20

DC Labor Film Fest 2016 11 INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF PROFESSIONAL & TECHNICAL ENGINEERS AFL-CIO & CLC

Professional Advocacy for Professional Employees

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Greg Junemann President

Paul Shearon Secretary-Treasurer

IFPTE is proud to be a contributor to the D.C. LABOR FILM FESTIVAL

12 DC Labor Film Fest 2016 DC DIRECTOR’S NOTES LABORFEST Chris Garlock, DC LaborFest/Labor FilmFest Director 2016 With over 60 great labor arts events scheduled for this year’s DC LaborFest, how do • FILM • MUSIC • ART you choose? First of all, we’ve scheduled them over the course of the entire month • THEATRE • HISTORY • SOCCER of May, so there’s usually just one or two each day. The complete list is on page 3 • POETRY • RADIO “It’s hard and a quick calendar overview is on page 32. to imagine the labor movement Follow us without art” www.dclabor.orgon Facebook: Here are a few selected picks: DCLaborFilmFest ART: Artist Ben Shahn’s stunning frescos at the VOA are as vibrant and meaningful today as when he created them in 1942 (May 12, page 23). HISTORY: Join librarian and AFSCME local 2910 steward David Fernández- Barrial for a talk about the historic 1886 Haymarket handbills and see the two remarkable originals in the Library of Congress Rare Book Reading Room (May 19, page 29). MUSIC: In what we hope will become a new tradition, the DC LaborFest wraps up this year on May 31 with a full night of jazz starting with a live simulcast concert on WPFW 89.3FM with local jazz musicians – and Washington Musicians Union members -- Harry Appelman, Marty Nau, Steve Novosel and Nasar Abadey, after which WPFW jazz host Rusty Hassan -- a retired AFGE national representative and proud CWA member -- will play jazz CDs (May 31, page 45). POETRY: DC workers will tell their stories about life on the job in Poetry at Work with Mark Nowak, who’s been running creative writing workshops with workers centers and trade unions around the world, helping workers put their stories to paper (May 24, page 41). SPECIAL EVENTS: We’re very pleased to expand our longtime partnership with Busboys and Poets to include six events this year, with performances at every Busboys: Harvest of Empire: May 3, Hyattsville; Conservative Counterrevolution: May 5, Takoma; Joe Uehlein, Steve & Peter Jones: May 10, Takoma; Judge Smith: May 17, Shirlington; Magpie & George Mann: May 19, 5th Street; Poetry At Work with Mark Nowak: May 24, Brookland; Rusty Hassan’s Labor Jazz Showcase: May 31, 14th Street. We’ve also expanded our partnership with radio station WPFW 89.3FM – “your station for jazz and justice” -- which is hosting live broadcasts from many of the events at Busboys (see page 55 for details), as well as being the home for the daily Union City Radio feature and the weekly Your Rights at Work show. FILM: This year’s line-up is especially stellar; I hope you have a chance to catch them all! Here are five must-see screenings: CONCUSSION (May 18) tells the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, the brilliant forensic neuropathologist who took on the NFL after discovering CTE, a football-related brain trauma; JOE HILL (May 23); don’t miss this 1971 biopic about the famous Swedish-American labor activist and songwriter, lost and unavailable commercially for nearly four decades; 99 HOMES (May 11) is a brilliant examination of One Percent corruption; SHERPA (May 9) focuses on the Himalayan locals who do most of the heavy lifting on the mountain they call Chomolungma; depicts the courage of Chilean miners and their families who refused to give up after the 2010 disaster.

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THE AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION, AFL-CIO

The officers, members, and retirees of the American Postal Workers Union are proud to support the 2016 DC Labor Film FEST and the DC LABORFEST.

Mark Dimondstein, President Debby Szeredy, Vice-President Elizabeth Powell, Secretary-Treasurer

“Fighting for a public postal service for all Americans”

14 DC Labor Film Fest 2016 DC LABORFEST/FILMFEST ADVISORY BOARD

Co-Chairs Jackie Jeter, President Mark Dudzic, Executive Director Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO Debs-Jones-Douglass Institute

Tony Mazzocchi (1926–2002)

Advisory Committee Pat Aufderheide, Professor Elise Bryant, Executive Director School of Communication, American Univ. Labor Heritage Foundation Ray Barry, Deputy Director, CAO Karen Nussbaum, Executive Director AFI Silver Theater & Cultural Center Working America, AFL-CIO Denise Bowyer, Vice President Saul Schniderman, Secretary American Income Life Insurance Labor Heritage Foundation

director Chris Garlock Union Cities Coordinator, Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO

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Many thanks to the staff of the American Film Institute Silver Theatre & Cultural Center: Ray Barry, Director; Todd Hitchcock, Director of Programming; Josh Gardner, Associate Film Programmer; Tiffany Graham-Golden, Marketing, Membership and Events Manager; Projectionists (IATSE): Mike Aloupis, Michael Marini, Dave Hoag; Senior Manager, Theatre Operations: Warren SharonTheatre Managers: Fritz Bruhweiler, Dominic Griffin & Chris Sims; Ticket-sellers, ticket-takers & concessions (IATSE): Maria Berkemeyer, Nahika Blanchet, Naomi Cuthbert, Sofonias Feleke, Sally Fernandez, Mel Gennene, Leora Gottlieb, Patrick Healy, Richard Hertzberg, Yufei Hou, Daniel Legacki, Sam Padilla, Brendan Petrizzo, Kevin Sanchez, Levi Smith Jr., Nina Sutcliffe & Masoud Ziaey.

2016 LaborFest logo by Adam Maida; LaborFest guide production by Brent Burgess

Program book printing by Doyle Printing: Columbia Typographical Union 101, GCC 72 (Pressmen), GCC 144 (Bookbinders) & GCC 449 (Paperhandlers & Drivers)

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I.A.T.S.E. Local No. 22

The Stagehands Union Chartered in 1894

The Union behind Entertainment.

1810 Hamlin St NE Washington DC 20018 202-269-0212

16 DC Labor Film Fest 2016 DC presented by LABORFEST 2016 • FILM • MUSIC • ART • THEATRE • HISTORY • SOCCER • POETRY • RADIO “It’s hard to imagine the labor movement Follow us without art” www.dclabor.orgon Facebook: DCLaborFilmFest

premiere sponsors

festival sponsors

SILVER SCREEN sponsors

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Ed Smith

President

18 DC Labor Film Fest 2016 SPONSORS Actor’s Equity...... 50 Jobs with Justice DC...... 52 AFGE 12...... 50 Kalmanovitz Initiative...... 10 AFI Silver Theatre...... 20 Labor Heritage Foundation...... 60 AFL-CIO Dept of Professional MD-DC AFL-CIO...... 46 Employees...... 62 Metro Washington Council...... 64 AFL-CIO/Working America...... 2 Metro Washington Federation of Amalgamated Bank...... 24 Musicians 161-710...... 22 Amalgamated Limo...... 38 Mooney, Green, Baker & Saindon.....63 Amalgamated Transit Union...... 4 NCAUR...... 63 American Income Life...... back cover Newspaper Guild...... 59 APWU...... 14 NNU ...... 40 AT&T...... 57 NoVa Labor...... 60 Blue Cross and Blue Shield, National Olender Assoc...... 34 Labor Office...... 48 Osborne Law Offices, P.C...... 62 Busboys & Poets...... 28 Public Citizen...... 57 CBTU...... 48 Rochester Labor Film Series...... 58 CLUW DC...... 62 SAG-AFTRA...... inside front cover CrossCurrents...... 44 SAG AFTRA Washington-Mid Atlantic..6 CWA District 2-13...... 42 SEIU...... inside back cover DCNA...... 52 SMART100...... 58 DSA - Metro DC...... 63 Solidarity Center...... 54 Fenton Communications...... 30 UFCW 400...... 56 Fire Fighters 36...... 18 UFCW 1994...... 36 IATSE 22...... 16 UMWA...... 62 IATSE 600 ...... 63 University of Maryland Libraries...... 56 IBEW...... 8 Utility Workers Union ...... 59 IBEW 26 retirees...... 61 Washington Teachers Union...... 26 IFPTE ...... 12 WPFW...... 37 IUOE 99...... 61

FRIENDS Jules Bernstein Barbara Kraft/Peter Winkler Bread & Roses Heritage Committee

DC Labor Film Fest 2016 19 20 DC Labor Film Fest 2016 Art as Storytelling By Roger Smith I love a good story. When the DC Labor Film Festival first started 16 years ago, American Income Life (AIL) contributed. We contributed because Tony Mazzocchi asked us to contribute. It seemed like the right thing to do. Dr. Jules Pa- gano , Executive Director of our Labor Advisory Board loved art in all its forms. His brother was an accomplished oil painter, and his painting of Sacco and Vanzetti hung in Jules’ office for years. Jules thought it was important to support Tony’s dream of showcasing workers’ experiences through film. Jules understood the intrinsic value of telling a good story. He knew film was a tool in educating the interested and awakening awareness for the plight of a seemingly ordinary worker’s daily life. Simple; Jules opened that door to art and labor. I soon learned that nothing about film, art and labor is simple. What started as a supportive gesture of writing a check has become a wholeheart- ed support of discovering new ways to tell workers’ stories. And oh, what stories there are. Art provides the perfect media for touching hearts, transporting history, and rekindling workers’ age-old hope for a better life. Labor and art provides me a visceral experience, fully awakening each of my senses. It offers a rekindling of my belief that with hard work, a kid with a GED could live the American Dream. Workers’ dreams today are as real as mine were, limited only by our imagination. For me, labor in art trumpets the call to collective action in making every worker’s dreams come true Art is personal. To be truthful, as a homeless teen with a GED, my experience with art was quite limited. At the time, I didn’t give much thought to the murals in Los Angeles that depicted farmworkers in stooped labor, swinging short handled hoes, bending and breaking their backs in the heat of the fields. What I saw then as a barrier, a neighborhood not to enter, today is an open- ing for the hopes and aspirations of those still in the fields. From graffiti murals to Ben Shahn, murals are a window into both the daily mundane and the boundless dreams of millions. The Grapes of Wrath was not on my watch list when I lived in Oklahoma years ago. Today, I am moved by a story of workers’ exodus, whatever the reason. Ramin Bahrani’s film 99 Homes depicts those black blizzards, those engineered disasters, uprooting and destroying families through foreclosures. Filmmaker Michael Moore documents the decimating of towns, idled by shuttered manufacturing plants, abandoned by the chase of corporate profits. Thorney Lieberman’s’ full size portraits of coal country brilliantly capture the palpable grit that suffocates minors in black lung and condemns families to life sentences of poverty. These poignant pieces pose a personal question “What could I have done, had I only tasted their hopelessness, the very worst sort of hunger.” Be nourished, ameliorate that famine. In Chicago, I was a fan of heavy metal, not Joe Hill. I hear the sounds of his flagging spirit in the lyrics “and when Joe looked back at the sweat upon his tracks, he had nothing to show but his age.” Yet, at the end he is fortified with hope through trade unionism. Rap singer Cam’ron should heed Hill’s advice; he might have a happier outcome than what he finds in “I hate my job”. We should celebrate fast food workers marching under the Golden Arches to a remix of “Bread and Roses.” And those pink collar employees need not memorialize the grievous verse “She works hard for the money.” Music and melody be moved. I once bought a sculpture of “Lunch atop a skyscraper” from a street artist in New York City. Every day for the last 15 years that vista of ironworkers, builders of dreams, seated on that girder with feet dangling, has hung on my office wall. I can touch their courage, fused with steel. I am melded into their lofty aspirations. Yes, dream big they say, the sky is the limit. Art enables possibility. Labor in art is a testament to a working person’s indomitable spirit. It celebrates, evokes, transcends, and transforms. Art and labor entreat a sense of urgency; close the gap of wealth’s great divide. Ensure the next generation never need know the words of this unknown proletarian, “We have fed you all, for a thousand years. And you hail us still unfed, though there’s never a dollar of all your wealth, but marks the worker’s dead. We have yielded our best to give you rest - And you lie on crimson wool. Then if blood be the price of all your wealth, Good God! We have paid it in full.” Roger Smith is CEO of American Income Life and National Income Life Insurance Companies

DC Labor Film Fest 2016 21 CONGRATULATIONS DC LABOR FEST!

from Metropolitan Washington D.C. Federation of Musicians Local 161-710 of the American Federation of Musicians

4400 MacArthur Blvd NW Suite 306 Washington D.C. 20007

(202)337-9325

Representing D.C.’s Finest Musicians

[email protected] www.musiciansdc.org Ed Malaga, President Harriette "Patty" Hurd, Vice President Marta Bradley, Secretary-Treasurer

Directors: Annie Ament Jennifer Rende Doug Rosenthal Craig Taylor Ephriam Wolfolk

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AFL-CIO ARCHIVE TOUR Sun, May 15, 4p – 5p FREE; RSVP here: http://tinyurl.com/dclaborfest-wiki-edit University of Maryland Hornbake Library University of Maryland, Campus Drive, College Park, MD 20740 Unique opportunity to view the George Meany Memorial AFL- CIO Archive, a prestigious archive originally at the National Labor College, recently moved to Special Collections in Labor History & Workplace Studies at the University of Maryland Libraries. These rich archives provide a look at the history of the labor struggle in the United States and internationally. See behind the scenes in the archive stacks: labor cartoons, buttons, pins, and memorabilia. (Fol- lows the Labor History Edit-a-Thon) ARISE! INTERNATIONAL WORKERS’ DAY SPECIAL Fri, April 29, 9a, WPFW 89.3 FM Host Bill Fletcher talks with DC LaborFest Director Chris Garlock about this year’s LaborFest offerings, from the annual Mother Jones memorial to the DC Labor FilmFest, plus music, poetry, art, history and more. The month-long labor arts celebrates the hopes, dreams and contributions of working people here and around the world. BEN SHAHN WPA FRESCOS/MURALS Thu, May 12, 12 noon: FREE but must RSVP here: http://tinyurl.com/dclaborfest-BenShahn VOA, 330 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20237 (Meet at C Street entrance; must present valid photo ID) Artist Ben Shahn’s stunning frescos are as vibrant and meaningful today as when he created them in 1942. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see these amazing artworks up close. Originally created for the Social Security Administration’s headquarters, the massive multi-paneled fresco in the Wilbur J. Cohen building (which is now home to the VOA) is entitled “The Meaning of Social Security” and includes “Work, the Family, and Social Security” on the west wall, and “Child Labor, Unemployment, and Old Age” on the east wall. You’ll also get a chance to see a huge mural by Philip Guston, titled “Reconstruction and the Wellbeing of the Family,” in the auditorium at the Cohen building, which is not a part of the general public tour. CONCUSSION Wed, May 18, 7:00 Tickets: AFI.com/Silver AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Rd, Downtown Silver Spring, MD Hosted by SAG-AFTRA Will Smith stars in this dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, the brilliant forensic neuropathologist who made the first discovery of CTE, a football-related brain trauma, in a pro player and fought for the truth

DC Labor Film Fest 2016 23 Amalgamated Bank is proud to support The 2016 DC Labor FilmFest

Established in 1923, Amalgamated Bank remains dedicated to the causes of progressive organizations and is proud to be a majority-owned union bank. To learn more, visit amalgamatedbank.com.

24 DC Labor Film Fest 2016 DC LABORFEST EVENTS to be known. Omalu’s emotional quest puts him at dangerous odds with one of the most powerful – and beloved – institutions in the world. This issue continues to make headlines, most recently when the New York Times revealed in late March that NFL research significantly undercounted concussions. A group of retired players has sued the NFL accusing the league of covering up the risks of concussions. With captivating performances by Alec Baldwin and Academy Award® nominee Albert Brooks (1987 Best Supporting Actor, Broadcast News). US; 123m; biography/sport Trailer: http://tinyurl.com/dclaborfest-concussion CONSERVATIVE COUNTERREVOLUTION Thu, May 5, 6:30pm Busboys & Poets Takoma, 235 Carroll Street, Washington, DC 20012 RSVP here: http://tinyurl.com/dclaborfest-counterrevolution Local labor writer and historian Tula Connell explores how the clash between political conservatives and champions of liberalism in 1950s Milwaukee shaped a city and helped redefine postwar American politics nationwide. Connell shows how far-right conservatives created a 50-year game plan to “make America great again,” one that was driven by an all-out assault on unions and opposition to civil rights. Their actions laid the groundwork for conservatism’s more extreme and far-reaching future success. Revealing and insightful, Conservative Counterrevolution reveals how historical trends often documented at the national level first played out on the ground in a great American city. DC LABOR FILMFEST PREVIEWS Fri, May 6, 12 noon AFL-CIO, 815 16th Street NW, Washington DC 20006 FREE (bring your lunch!) Sneak previews of the 2016 DC Labor FilmFest offerings, from Concussion to The 33, Joe Hill and more. Free Labor FilmFest passes for all attendees plus the LaborFest t-shirt raffle! DC LABOR HISTORY BIKE TOUR Sat, May 14, 10:30a-1:00p Freedom Plaza (14th & Pennsylvania); $10 (benefits DC Jobs with Justice) Sign up here: http://tinyurl.com/dclaborfest-bike A rollicking ride by bike through DC’s history of working-class struggle, the tour will highlight sites and stories of resistance from the distant past to recent events, some memorialized in stone, others paved over and nearly forgotten. Tour pamphlets (complete with a route map) will be provided, as well as a commemorative spoke card for all participants. DC LABOR CHORUS SPRING CONCERT Sat, May 14, 7:30P Washington Ethical Society, 7750 16th Street NW, Washington DC Tickets: http://www.laborheritage.org/ Two of DC’s favorite singing groups join their voices in song to celebrate the past and continued work of movements that changed America for the better -- labor and human rights. Not What

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The Washington Teachers’ Union is proud to be a supporter of the 2016 DC Labor FilmFest

We join in saluting the featured films and their showcasing of workers and their issues.

Washington Teachers’ Union Local 6, American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO Elizabeth A. Davis, President

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You Think, an a cappella ensemble, and the DC Labor Chorus will share the stage for a concert of classics as well as current songs that focus on “Peace, Jobs and Justice.” The Chorus is a musical ensemble representing union and community activists from the Washington, DC area. Some of us are professional musicians but most of us are union members and activists who just love to sing! The DC Labor Chorus sings for rallies, demonstrations, and picket lines. We invite anyone who loves to sing about worker solidarity and social justice to join us Mondays at 7p at the Washington Ethical Society. DC LABOR HISTORY WALKING TOUR Sat, May 21, 10:00a $10 per person; benefits Employment Justice Center. Sign up here: http://tinyurl.com/dclaborfest-walk Meet at AFL-CIO, 815 16th Street NW, Washington From the Labor Hall of Fame to Joe Hill’s ashes, worker’s history is around just about every corner in our nation’s capitol, if you know where to look. This 3-hour walking tour of downtown DC reveals labor’s often-untold story of protest and resistance. Metro Washington Council Union Cities Coordinator Chris Garlock - who usually helps local and national activists make history on DC’s streets - leads the tour. NOTE: it’s an easy 2.5-mile walk but wear comfortable walking shoes and dress for the weather. Tour highlights: AFL-CIO lobby murals; 1953 CIO headquarters; The Real Roosevelt Memorial; Joe Hill’s ashes; Bas relief depictions of labor & trade; 1895 Knights of Labor HQ; Bonus Expedi- tionary Force & more. DC UNITED UNION NIGHT Sat, May 13, 7:00p RFK Stadium, 2400 East Capitol Street SE, Washington, DC 20003 D.C. United vs. NY Red Bulls Tickets: $20 per seat (portion goes to CASA); Groups of 25 will have tail- gate tent, table, and space provided by D.C. United. To purchase tickets go to http://tinyurl.com/dclaborfest-dcunited or contact Jake Lucas 202.587.5000 or email [email protected] Join us as D.C. United takes on the NY Red Bulls in the Atlantic Cup, the biggest and oldest rivalry in Major League Soccer! D.C. United will recognize labor unions throughout the DMV area at this game, which features discounted tickets for all unions, union members, and their guests for the match. DREAM ON Fri, May 13, 12 noon AFL-CIO, 815 16th Street NW, Washington DC 20006 FREE (bring your lunch!) Free Labor FilmFest passes for all attendees, plus DC Labor- Fest t-shirt raffle! RSVP here: http://tinyurl.com/dclaborfest-dream In an epic road trip, political comedian John Fugelsang retraces the journey of Alexis de Tocqueville, whose study of our young country

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Art, Culture& Politics

Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

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Coffee, craft beer, cocktails

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28 DC Labor Film Fest 2011 DC LABORFEST EVENTS in 1831 came to define America as a place where anyone could climb the ladder of economic opportunity. Following in the Frenchman’s footsteps, Fugelsang speaks with fast-food workers and retirees, prisoners and entrepreneurs, undocumented immigrants and community organizers about their hopes, dreams, and daily struggles. DREAM ON explores whether the optimistic spirit of the American Dream that Tocqueville observed is alive and well in the twenty-first century, or whether George Carlin was right when he famously quipped “It’s called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it.“ US; 1 hr, 39 min. produced and directed by Roger Weisberg; DOC https://vimeo.com/116867507 HARVEST OF EMPIRE Tues, May 3, 6p Busboys & Poets, 5331 Baltimore Avenue, Hyattsville, MD 20781 RSVP here: http://tinyurl.com/dclaborfest-harvest Hosted by Maryland Delegate Jimmy Tarlau and Senator Victor Ramirez; co-sponsored by Hyatts- ville Mayor Candace Hollingsworth & Delegate Alonzo T. Washington Based on the groundbreaking book by journalist Juan González of Democracy Now, this documentary astutely examines the role that U.S. military and corporate intervention in Latin America played in triggering massive waves of migration from Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America. The film also offers a powerful glimpse into the enormous sacrifices and rarely noted triumphs of the millions of Latino immigrants who are transforming the nation’s cultural, economic and political landscape. With rarely-seen newsreel footage and perspectives from notable U.S. and international leaders, this film will appeal to all those who have an opinion about immigration. Features Geraldo Rivera, Junot Diaz, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, Maria Hinojosa, Luis Enrique, Anthony Romero, and Rigoberta Menchú and others. THE HAYMARKET HANDBILLS Thurs, May 19, 3:00 PM Library of Congress, Jefferson Building, 10 First Street, SE Washington, DC 20540, Lessing J. Rosenwald Room, LJ-205 130 years ago, workers exiting the factories and workshops of Chicago were handed two versions of a large, bilingual leaflet announcing a mass meeting that night in a popular city square. The purpose of the 1886 gathering was to denounce the shooting of four workmen the previous day at a rally for the eight-hour day. The shocking events that would transpire at the close of the meeting in Haymarket Square would reverberate throughout the world and grip the popular imagination of America for decades, resulting in the first “trial of the century,” the unjust execution of four anarchist labor organizers, and was the basis of the first May Day commemorations around the world. The two versions of the handbill are still shrouded in controversy and are considered by some to be the most important pieces of paper in American labor history. Join librarian and AFSCME local 2910 steward David Fernán- dez-Barrial for a talk about the handbills and see the two remarkable 1886 originals from the Rare Book Reading Room of the Library of Congress. DC Labor Film Fest 2016 29 FENTON SALUTES THE 16th ANNUAL DC LABOR FILMFEST AND ITS SPONSORS.

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IBEW MUSEUM TOUR Wed, May 11, 12:00p IBEW, 900 Seventh Street N.W. Washington, DC. FREE but you must RSVP HERE: http://tinyurl.com/dclaborfest-ibew A very special guided tour of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) museum. The IBEW museum presents an interactive history of the IBEW from its founding until today, tracing the fascinating development of the electrical industry over the last century through displays of equipment used by members going back to the 1890’s, including a collection of lightbulbs spanning more than a century. The tour will be led by IBEW Museum Curator Curtis Bateman. THE INTERN Sat, May 14, 11:00 a.m. $5 Tickets! AFI.com/Silver AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Rd, Downtown Silver Spring, MD Starting a new job can be a difficult challenge, especially if you’re already retired. Looking to get back into the game, 70-year-old widower Ben Whittaker (Robert De Niro) seizes the opportunity to become a senior intern at a startup online fashion site. Ben soon becomes popular with his younger co-workers, including Jules Ostin (Anne Hathaway), the frazzled boss and founder of the company. Retired from a phone directory company that used to occupy the repurposed Brooklyn factory, Whittaker’s charm, wisdom and sense of humor reveal that older workers still have much to contribute. DIR/SCR: Nancy Meyers; Stars: Robert De Niro, Anne Hathaway, Rene Russo; US, 2015, color, 121 min; Comedy Trailer: http://tinyurl.com/dclaborfest-intern IRON WORKERS HISTORY TOUR Weds, May 18, 12:00p Iron Workers, 1750 New York Avenue NW, Washington DC FREE but you must RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/dclaborfest-ironworkers Exclusive guided tour of the Iron Workers headquarters, featuring handmade motorcycles, a wall mural, historic tools, photos, conven- tion paraphernalia, World Trade Center mementos and more! JOE HILL Mon, May 23, 7:00 Tickets: AFI.com/Silver AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Rd, Downtown Silver Spring, MD; Part of the 2016 Global Labor FilmFest Introduced by Linda Zachrison, Cultural Counselor for the Embassy of Sweden This 1971 biopic about the famous Swedish-American labor activist and songwriter Joe Hill was lost and unavailable commercially for nearly four decades, until a restored and digitally remastered version was produced in 2015 by the National Library of Sweden. Directed by renowned Swedish director Bo Widerberg, the film -- which won the Jury Prize DC Labor Film Fest 2016 31

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Friday screening screening Previews Special* 12:00p: Working Lunch Working 12:00p: 12:00p: Working Lunch Working 12:00p: 9:00a: Labor Film Poster Exhibit Day Arise! Workers’ 9:00a: Labor Live@5* 5:00p: WPFW’s (2015) 7:00p: Trumbo 7:00p: The TEMPest 29 6 20 13 27 12:00p: DC Labor FilmFest 12:00p: 7:00p: The TEMPest Dream On 12:00p: 7:00p: DC United Labor Night (vs NY Red Bulls) 7:30p: Redes (with PCE) APRIL

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Labor Live@5* day 5:00p: WPFW’s HISTORY HISTORY 6:00p: Labor Jazz

Tue S Peter Jones 5:00p: WPFW’s Labor Live@5* 5:00p: WPFW’s 6:00p: Judge Smith Band Labor Live@5* 6:00p: Poetry at Work 5:00p: WPFW’s 5:00p: WPFW’s 6:00p: Harvest of Empire (2015) 7:00p: Trumbo 17 3 10 24 Labor Live@5* 5:00p: WPFW’s Joe Uehlein, Steve & 6:00p: 30 Day Memorial Memorial THEATRE movement! American labor MUSIC another paid holiday brought to you by the

Monday Happy Hour 7:15p: Sherpa 7:15p: 5:30: Young Trade Unionist Trade Young 5:30: 7:00p: 7 Chinese Brothers 7:00p: Joe Hill 7:00p: The 33 16 2 9 23 ART ART 29

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Sunday FILM Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon The TEMPest 3:00p: Poetry at Work Labor History 1:30p: 4:00p: AFL-CIO Archives Tour 3:15p: The Working Class Goes to Heaven 11:00a: Trumbo (2007) 11:00a: Trumbo Mother Jones Memorial 12:00p 1:00p: 2:00p: May Day march/rally (2015) 4:45p: Trumbo 1 8 22 15 1:00p: The TEMPest LaborFest organized by the Metro Washington Council, AFL-CIO Council, LaborFest organized by the Metro Washington *simulcast on WPFW 89.3FM

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Follow us on immigrant in New York in 1902, his involvement with the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), DCLaborFilmFest 1:00p & 7:00p: The TEMPest DC Labor History 10:30a: The Intern 11:00a: 4:45p: Trumbo (2007) 4:45p: Trumbo 1:00p & 7:00p: The TEMPest 3:30p: Redes DC Labor Chorus 7:30p: Labor History walk 10:00a: 30 7 21 14 28 and his trial for murder on trumped-up charges. Despite many pleas for mercy, including two from President Woodrow Wilson, he was executed by firing squad in Salt Lake City, Utah, on 15 November 1915. Among his last words were the exhortation “Don’t waste any time in mourning. Organize...“ Hill’s ashes were sent to IWW locals, Wobblies and sympathizers around the world to be scattered on May Day 1916, but in 1988 one of the envelopes -- still containing Hill’s ashes

Friday -- was discovered in the National Archives; it had been seized by the United States Post Office screening screening Previews Special* Department in 1917 because of its “subversive potential.“ DIR Bo Widerberg; SCR Bo Widerberg, Richard Weber; Sweden/USA, 1971, color, 114 min; Drama 12:00p: Working Lunch Working 12:00p: 12:00p: Working Lunch Working 12:00p: 9:00a: Labor Film Poster Exhibit Day Arise! Workers’ 9:00a: Labor Live@5* 5:00p: WPFW’s (2015) 7:00p: Trumbo 7:00p: The TEMPest 29 6 20 13 27 12:00p: DC Labor FilmFest 12:00p: 7:00p: The TEMPest Dream On 12:00p: 7:00p: DC United Labor Night (vs NY Red Bulls) 7:30p: Redes (with PCE) APRIL Thommy Berggren, Anja Schmidt, Kelvin Malave Trailer: http://tinyurl.com/dclaborfest-joehill JOE UEHLEIN, STEVE & PETER JONES day Tues, May 10, 5-8p; $10 5-6p be part of the live audience for a Live@5 simulcast on

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DC LABORFEST WPFW 89.3 FM Hosting Partners: AFI Silver Theatre, Busboys & Poets, WPFW 89.3FM Hosting Partners: 1:00p: Your Rights at Work* 1:00p: Your 12:00p: WPA Murals Tour WPA 12:00p: Rights at Work* 1:00p: Your Conservative 6:30p: Rights at Work* 1:00p: Your The Haymarket 3:00p: Labor Live@5* 5:00p: WPFW’s 6:00p: Magpie & George Mann 5 19 12 26 12:00p: Ben Shahn murals 12:00p: Rights at Work* 1:00p: Your 6-8p concert Busboys & Poets Takoma, 235 Carroll Street, Washington, DC Premiere Labor FilmFest Sponsors: AIL, ATU, NNU, SAG-AFTRA, SEIU, IBEW ATU, AIL, Premiere Labor FilmFest Sponsors: 20012 POETRY Buy tickets online here: day http://tinyurl.com/dclaborfest-uehlein-jones Join Joe, Steve and Peter for an intimate and rousing evening Tour Teamsters Wedne S Sing Faster: The Stagehands’ Ring Cycle of music, politics, and the human spirit. The show starts with a RADIO 12:00p: IBEW museum tour 7:15p: 99 Homes 12:00p: Iron Workers Tour Tour Iron Workers 12:00p: Concussion 7:00p: 12:00p:

7:00p: 1-hour set of live music and conversation as the local musicians 4 18 11 25 7:00p: Suffragette sing songs and chat with Union City Radio’s Chris Garlock on

31 WPFW’s Live@5 show, which will broadcast live from the Tako- Showcase* ma Busboys, where you can enjoy the show and see live radio Labor Live@5* day 5:00p: WPFW’s

HISTORY HISTORY being made! Then from 6-8p, Joe, Peter and Steve will perform a 6:00p: Labor Jazz rousing concert that’ll include Americana and roots-rock music, including folk, rock’n roll, blue- Tue S

Peter Jones grass, country, soul, and more. All three are longtime activists, organizers and musicians, and their songs of work, hope, freedom and labor rights guarantee an inspirational evening for all. 5:00p: WPFW’s Labor Live@5* 5:00p: WPFW’s 6:00p: Judge Smith Band Labor Live@5* 6:00p: Poetry at Work 5:00p: WPFW’s 5:00p: WPFW’s 6:00p: Harvest of Empire (2015) 7:00p: Trumbo 17 3 10 24 Labor Live@5* 5:00p: WPFW’s Joe Uehlein, Steve & 6:00p: JUDGE SMITH 30 Day Tues, May 17, 5-8p; $10 Memorial Memorial THEATRE 5-6p be part of the live audience for a Live@5 simulcast on WPFW 89.3 FM movement!

American labor 6-8p concert MUSIC another paid holiday brought to you by the Monday Busboys & Poets Shirlington, 4251 South Campbell Avenue, Arlington, VA 22206 Happy Hour Buy tickets online here: http://tinyurl.com/dclaborfest-judgesmith 7:15p: Sherpa 7:15p: 5:30: Young Trade Unionist Trade Young 5:30: 7:00p: 7 Chinese Brothers 7:00p: Joe Hill 7:00p: The 33 16 2 9 23 Judge Smith, a DC based rock/roots band, has been playing clubs, festivals and private parties in the DMV for over ten years. Judge Smith has released two full length CDs: 2012’s American ART ART 29 Vista, a CD of originals nominated for best Roots/Rock CD by

the Washington Area Music Association; and 2014’s CD, Live DetaiLeD sCheDuLe: www.DCLabor.org DetaiLeD

at King Street Blues, which presents the band in a live format (workshop) Sunday at one its favorite joints. Judge Smith is fronted by Ed Smith, FILM Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon The TEMPest 3:00p: Poetry at Work who also works for the District of Columbia Nurses Association Labor History 1:30p: 4:00p: AFL-CIO Archives Tour 3:15p: The Working Class Goes to Heaven 11:00a: Trumbo (2007) 11:00a: Trumbo Mother Jones Memorial 12:00p 1:00p: 2:00p: May Day march/rally (2015) 4:45p: Trumbo 1 8 22 15

1:00p: The TEMPest and co-hosts “Your Rights at Work” Thursdays at 1p with Union LaborFest organized by the Metro Washington Council, AFL-CIO Council, LaborFest organized by the Metro Washington *simulcast on WPFW 89.3FM

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City Radio’s Chris Garlock on WPFW. Lead guitarist Peter Eisler is a member of the Newspaper Guild, John David Coppola on bass and Evan Lintz on drums/percussion round out the lineup. LABOR FILM POSTER EXHIBIT May 1-31 AFL-CIO lobby, 815 16th Street, Wash DC 20006; open 9a-5p weekdays; FREE This exhibition of film posters and stills represents a wide range of Hol- lywood, independent and foreign films that incorporate workplace and organizing themes. Many of the films presented here have helped bring public attention to important stories about worker safety, the exploitation of immigrant workers, impediments to achieving union recognition and other important issues. Many are also exceptional works of art. The exhibition is selected from a larger collection owned by the DC Labor FilmFest, made possible by the support and generosity of Jules Bernstein. LABOR HISTORY WIKIPEDIA EDIT-A-THON Sun, May 15; 1:30pm – 4:00pm University of Maryland Hornbake Library; University of Maryland, Campus Drive, College Park, MD 20740 FREE; RSVP here: http://tinyurl.com/dclaborfest-wiki-edit Join a community interested in promoting labor history by editing the popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia. Part celebration and part workshop, Edit-a-Thons are organized around a single topic as a means to build awareness and community. We’ll draw content from labor-related collections at the University of Maryland, including the AFL-CIO Archives. No editing or technical experience necessary. All participants will receive complimentary issues of Labor’s Heritage journal. LABOR SHORTS Fri, May 27, 12 noon AFL-CIO, 815 16th Street NW, Washington DC 20006 FREE; Free Labor FilmFest passes for all attendees plus LaborFest t-shirt raffle! Program of short labor videos from around the world. Click here for details: http://www.dclabor.org/dc-laborfest.html LIVE@5 LABOR EDITION see WPFW’s LIVE AT 5 LABOR EDITION (page 55) Love and Solidarity Fri, May 20, 12 noon TBA (check http://www.dclabor.org/calendar.html) FREE An inspiring exploration of nonviolence and organizing through the life and teachings of Rev. James Lawson. Lawson provided crucial strategic guidance while working with Mar- tin Luther King, Jr., in southern freedom struggles and the Memphis sanitation strike of 1968. DC Labor Film Fest 2016 35 Final UFCW ad 2016 Film Fest copy.pdf 1 3/30/16 9:49 AM

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April 29, 5pm Steve & Peter Jones May 10, 5pm Joe Uehlein, Steve & Peter Jones WPFW Studios, K Street Busboys & Poets Takoma, 235 Carrol Street, DC

May 17, 5pm The Judge Smith Band May 19, 5pm Magpie and George Mann Busboys & Poets Shirlington Busboys & Poets 5th Street, 1025 5th Street NW, DC 4251 South Campbell Avenue, Arlington, VA

May 24, 5pm Poetry@ Work with May 31, 5pm Rusty Hassanʼs Labor Jazz Showcase Mark Nowak & area workers with Harry Appleman, Marty Nau, Busboys & Busboys & Poets Brookland Steve Novosel, and Nasar Abadey 625 Monroe Street NW; Washington, DC 20017

WPFW is also proud to be the home of these great labor shows: “Arise” with host Bill Fletcher - Fridays 9-10am “Union City Radio” – Weekdays at 7:15am “Your Rights At Work” with Chris Garlock & Ed Smith – Thursdays at 1pm

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Moving to Los Angeles in 1974, Lawson continued his nonviolence organizing in multi-racial community and worker coalitions that have helped to remake the LA labor movement. Through interviews and historical documents, acclaimed labor and civil rights historian Michael Honey and award-winning filmmaker Errol Webber put Lawson’s discourse on nonviolent direct action on the front burner of today’s struggles against economic inequality, racism and violence, and for human rights, peace, and economic justice. Runtime: 38 minutes. Trailer: http://loveandsolidarity.com/ Free Labor FilmFest passes for all attendees! MAGPIE & GEORGE MANN Thu, May 19, 5-8 Busboys & Poets 5th Street, 1025 5th Street NW, Washington DC 20001; $10 5-6p be part of the live audience for a Live@5 simulcast on WPFW 89.3 FM 6-8p concert Buy tickets online here: http://tinyurl.com/dclaborfest-magpie-mann MAGPIE’s Terry Leonino and Greg Artzner have been singing about unions and workers for their entire career. Pete Seeger called them “…more links in the chain,” dedicating their lives and music to leaving this world a better place. From Joe Hill and the Wobblies to the miners of Appalachia to Pete Seeger, Joe Glazer, and contemporary songs by themselves and fellow writers, Greg and Terry cover more than a century of labor song with power and authenticity. http://www.magpiemusic.com A former union organizer and activist based in New York, George Mann sings songs from the last century of labor and social activism, and his own songs are powerful and funny takes on the state of the nation. His concerts are part sing-along, part history lesson, and he can make you shout for joy, send chills down your spine or bring tears to your eyes in the same set. http://georgemannmusic.com/ MAYDAY MARCH & RALLY Sun, May 1; 2PM Malcolm X Park (16th St and Euclid St NW); march to the White House at 3:30PM. https://www.facebook.com/dcmayday16/ Join millions of workers across the globe as they express international solidarity. The history of Mayday is a storied one, with its beginnings in commemoration of the 1886 Haymarket Massacre at a peaceful rally in Chicago supporting workers striking for an eight-hour day. The legacy of Haymarket lives on. During the 1930’s, workers in the United States marched on Mayday to fight the rise of fascism and racial violence. On Mayday 1945 the red flag of revolution was raised over the Reichstag in Berlin to signify the defeat of fascism in World War II and in the late 1980’s millions of workers in South Africa marched on Mayday to dismantle apartheid. The struggle lives on today.

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MOTHER JONES MEMORIAL WREATH-LAYING Sun, May 1, 12:00 - 1:00 pm; FREE 2601 Powder Mill Rd in front of the Hillandale Baptist Church, near the intersection with Riggs Rd in Silver Spring, MD 20783 Hosted by Saul Schniderman, AFSCME 2910 Wreath-laying in honor of legendary labor organizer Mary Harris “Mo- ther” Jones’ 185th birthday, May Day and marking the official launch of the DC LaborFest. Includes proclamation of May 1 as “DC Labor Fest Day” by the Montgomery County Council and the Maryland State Assembly. The legendary labor organizer spent a lifetime fighting for unions and the rights of workers. She died at the Burgess Farm in what is now Adelphi, Maryland, on November 30, 1930, aged 100 years. The nearby marker in her memory was erected in December, 2000 by the Maryland Historic Trust. 99 HOMES Wed, May 11, 7:15 Tickets: AFI.com/Silver AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Rd, Downtown Silver Spring, MD Hosted by IFPTE (International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers) and SEIU (Service Employees International Union) Andrew Garfield makes a deal with the devil in this searing moral thriller – a bitter examination of One Percent corruption, personified by Michael Shannon’s duplicitous real estate shark. Co-stars Laura Dern. Ramin Bahrani’s visceral drama of real estate agency run amok is keenly honed to make your blood boil. Shannon is magnetic as Rick Carver, a reptilian broker who specializes in home foreclo- sure. Garfield plays one of his many victims, a hard-working tradesman who finds himself evicted from his home, only to then be offered work with Carver – doing unto others what’s just been done to him. Bahrani’s gripping premise is fuel for an enraged and enthralling indictment of the American wealth divide, heightened with the clammy pulse of a crime thriller. Garfield, channeling the wounded desperation of his star-making turn in The Social Network, is terrific as the everyman wrestling with a profound ethical conflict, but this is Shannon’s show – reining in his trademark histrionics for a coolly contained (but no less ominous) portrait of greedy malevolence. — JF, New Zealand Internatio- nal Film Festival DIR/SCR Ramin Bahrani; SCR Amir Ramin Bahrani/Naderi/Bahareh Azimi. Andrew Garfield, Michael Shannon, Laura Dern U.S., 2015, color, 112 min. RATED R; Drama Trailer: http://tinyurl.com/dclaborfest-99homes POETRY AT WORK Tues, May 24, 5-8p; FREE 5-6p be part of the live audience for a Live@5 simulcast on WPFW 89.3 FM 6-8p reading/performance Busboys & Poets Brookland; 625 Monroe Street NW, Washington, DC 20017 DC Labor Film Fest 2016 41 The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. ~ Aristotle

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RSVP here: http://tinyurl.com/dclaborfest-poetry DC workers tell their stories about life on the job. Everyone has a story to tell and in this groundbreaking program, DC workers discover and give voice to their stories with award- winning writer Mark Nowak, director of the Worker Writers School in New York City. For more than a decade, Nowak has been running creative writing workshops with workers centers and trade unions, helping workers put their stories to paper. . REDES (clips with live musical accompaniment by PostClassical Ensemble) Fri, May 13, 7p Mexican Cultural Institute, 2829 16th St NW, Washing- ton, DC 20009. FREE History and music experts launch a brand-new DVD of Paul Strand’s classic film Redes with a brand-new recording of the score by DC’s own PostClassical Ensemble (PCE), which will offer a live performance of “Ocho por radio” at this event, with selected clips from Redes. Presenters include Terri Weissman, Roberto Kolb (Mexico’s leading Revueltas scholar) and PCE’s Angel Gil-Ordonez and Joseph Horowitz. REDES (THE WAVE) Sat, May 14, 3:30p $5 Tickets! AFI.com/Silver AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Rd, Downtown Silver Spring, MD Early in his career, the Austrian-born future Oscar® winner Fred Zinnemann (A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS, FROM HERE TO ETERNITY) co-directed this politically and emotionally searing drama with Emilio Gómez Muriel. In this vivid, documentary- like dramatization of the daily grind of men struggling to make a living by fishing in the Gulf of Mexico (mostly played by real- life fishermen), one worker’s terrible loss instigates a political awakening among his fellow laborers. A singular coming together of talents, the film, commissioned by a progressive Mexican government, was co-written and gorgeously shot by legendary photographer Paul Strand. The score by Silvestre Revueltas is considered a classic of film music. The newly released DVD from Naxos features a new recording of the score by DC’s own PostClassical Ensemble (PCE), and will be available for purchase on site. DIR/SCR Emilio Gómez Muriel, Fred Zinnemann; SCR Henwar Rodakiewicz, Paul Strand, Agustín Velázquez Chávez; PROD Carlos Chávez. Mexico, 1936, b&w, 65 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. NOT RATED; Genre: Drama Trailer: http://tinyurl.com/dclaborfest-redes

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RUSTY HASSAN’S LABOR JAZZ SHOWCASE Tues, May 31, 5-7p; FREE 5-6p be part of the live audience for a Live@5 simulcast on WPFW 89.3 FM 6-7p Rusty plays jazz CDs Busboys & Poets 14th Street; 2021 14th Street NW, Washing- ton, DC 20009 FREE; RSVP here http://tinyurl.com/dclaborfest-jazz The DC LaborFest wraps up with a full night of jazz starting with a live simulcast concert from 5-6p on WPFW 89.3FM with local jazz musicians – and Washington Musicians Union members -- Harry Appelman, Marty Nau, Steve Novosel and Nasar Abadey. Then from 6-7P, WPFW jazz host Rusty Hassan will play jazz CDs. Hassan is a retired AFGE national representative and proud member of the Communications Workers of America. 7 CHINESE BROTHERS Mon, May 16, 7:00 $5 Tickets! AFI.com/Silver AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Rd, Downtown Silver Spring, MD Hosted by the DC Young Trade Unionists (DCYTU) and the NoVA Young Emerging Labor Leaders (NOVA Y.E.L.L.) Jason Schwartzman stars as Larry who, along with his trusty sidekick (Schwartzman’s real-life French Bulldog, Arrow), goes through life as a misanthropic outcast, unable to retain employment or stable rela- tionships - especially with his grandma, played with sharp timing and wit by Academy Award-winner Olympia Dukakis. Landing at a Quick Lube, Larry finds himself falling for his new boss Lupe (Eleanore Pienta). Part absurdist comedy and part character portrait, 7 Chinese Brothers is a unique tale of people stuck within the confines of normalcy while they represent anything but. Co-starring Tunde Adebimpe (TV on the Radio) and Alex Karpovsky from Girls. - rooftopfilms.com DIR/SCR Bob Byington; US, 2015, color, 76 min; Comedy; Jason Schwartzman, Stephen Root, Olym- pia Dukakis Trailer: http://tinyurl.com/dclaborfest-brothers SHERPA Mon, May 9, 7:15 Tickets: AFI.com/Silver AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Rd, Downtown Silver Spring, MD Mount Everest inspires numerous stories putting foreign climbers at the peak of attention. Sherpa shifts the focus to the Himalayan locals who do most of the heavy lifting on the mountain they call Chomolungma. Veteran director Jennifer Peedom follows an expedition with Phurba Tashi Sherpa, preparing for his world record-setting 22nd ascent as a guide. Shot in 2014, the film also documents unprecedented upheaval as an ava- lanche kills sixteen Sherpas and the tragedy incites others to challenge the status quo. In a film of nail-biting suspense and stunning cinemato- graphy, Peedom sensitively explores the complicated dynamics — social, environmental, economic, and political — that have, with increasing peril, DC Labor Film Fest 2016 45 Congratulations and Much Success DC LaborFest & DC Labor Film Fest 2016!

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46 DC Labor Film Fest 2016 DC LABORFEST EVENTS turned Chomolungma/Everest into a big business. Her narrative skilfully covers a wide cast of characters: the Sherpas include committed old hands and rebellious newcomers, while the outsiders range from compassionate toward the locals, to clueless. The film compares Eastern versus Western views on how to regard the mountain. Writer Ed Douglas, interviewed in the film, fills in the history that led up to the clashes of 2014. The number of adventurers looking to climb Everest has grown dramatically over time. Aerial shots reveal that its treacherous pathways have become a traffic jam of climbers, as hundreds of thrill-seekers pay up to $75,000 while sherpas earn around $5,000 for an entire season’s work. With the global rise of income inequality, Sherpa is particularly relevant as it details the stark contrast between those who undertake the hardest work and those who reap the benefits. - Thom Powers, TIFF DIR/SCR Jennifer Peedom; Australia/Nepal, 2015, color, 96 min; Documentary Trailer: http://tinyurl.com/dclaborfest-sherpa SHORTS: see Labor Shorts (page 35) SING FASTER: THE STAGEHAND’S RING CYCLE Wed, May 25, 7:00 Tickets: AFI.com/Silver AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Rd, Downtown Silver Spring, MD Hosted by IATSE 22, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees “Gods are out on stage singing about the great problems of the world...We’re doing all the hard work...all the small stuff. We’re just mere mortals,“ says Ken “Spike“ Kirkland, principal stagehand for the San Francisco Opera. In this unusual treatment of Wagner’s Ring Cycle, Der Ring Des Nibelungen, the story is told solely from the viewpoint of the San Francisco Opera’s union stagehands as they perform astonishing feats of stagecraft and trade off- stage banter, offering a contemporary, insider’s perspective on a strange and complex 19th-century operatic tradition. SING FASTER condenses Wagner’s seventeen-hour epic into fifty-five minutes as the stagehands operate the tricky, snapping jaws of a huge, hydraulic dragon; wade through currents of fog, smoke and darkness; and maneuver looming, thousand-pound sets. During lulls in their fever-pitched work, crew members balance checkbooks, knit sweaters and gather for a ritual poker game in the grips’ lounge, just below the stage, where the talk ranges from the antics of the Wagnerian gods to Michael Jordan’s hamstring. In juxtaposing the opera’s physical machinery with its metaphysical meaning as seen by the workers, this documentary reveals the dynamic relationship between life and art. DIR Jon Else, USA, 1999, color, 60 min; Documentary Trailer: http://tinyurl.com/dclaborfest-singfaster SUFFRAGETTE Wed, May 4, 7:00 Tickets: AFI.com/Silver AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Rd, Downtown Silver Spring, MD Hosted by the National Nurses United (NNU) and the Washington Teachers Union In the story of laundry worker Maud (Carey Mulligan), Suffragette reveals the working women whose actions for social justice were the foundation for the early feminist movement; they had seen peaceful protest achieve nothing and, inspired by leaders such as Emmeline Pankhurst, were radicalized and turned to violence as the only route to change. Set in London in 1912, the

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film is a fascinating evocation of life for woman across British society at the time, and brings us right up to date with on-going struggles faced by women around the world. Director Sarah Gavron and award-winning writer Abi Morgan (The Iron Lady, Shame) make strong and decisive dramatic choices by giving presence to the women that history remem- bers – Emmeline Pankhurst (Meryl Streep) and Emily Davison (Natalie Press) – while pivoting the story on an everywoman whose experience stands in for the many activists whose names have been lost, but whose actions have prevailed. Mulligan is transfixing in the central role, bringing vulnerability and strength to a character whose story is both heartbreaking and inspirational. DIR Sarah Gavron; SCR Abi Morgan, Carey Mulligan, Anne-Marie Duff, Helena Bonham Carter, U.K., 2015, color, 106 min. RATED PG-13; Drama Trailer: http://tinyurl.com/dclaborfest-suffragette TEAMSTERS HISTORY TOUR Wed, May 25, 12:00p Teamsters, 25 Louisiana Ave NW, Washington, DC FREE; RSVP here: http://tinyurl.com/dclaborfest-teamsters Find out how the horses on the Teamster logo got their names and lots of other fascinating Teamster labor history at this guided tour of the historical exhibits at the Teamsters headquarters building. Teamster historian Karin Jones leads the tour. THE TEMP(EST) Fri, April 29 7p; Sat, April 30 1p & 7p; Sun, May 1 1p; Fri, May 6 7p; Sat, May 7 1p; Sun, May 8 1p. Admission $15 Adults, $10 Retirees and Youth under 18 Silver Spring Black Box Theatre 8641 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD To order tickets visit www.brownpapertickets.com Imagine a dystopian world far, far in the future: the Polar Regions have melted, earth’s seas have risen, and the coastlines are threatened. The WalGard Company—an alliance of government, corporate, and religious extremists—supervises a colossal Wall that stands between humans and the toxic waters that could potentially wipe out the human race. Imagination has stagnated and the society has been divided into the workers who must maintain the Wall and their masters. But some workers who have been infected are beginning to see visions of another world, and other possibilities of freedom. Enter the Temp who will begin a new way of “seeing”, a revolution for humankind. Lumina’s THE TEMP(est) is a spirited—and timely—adaptation of Shakespeare’s last great masterpiece which shows us the value of creativity in a world of worker struggles and ecological challenges. As a breach in the Wall threatens the very existence of humanity, the vision of Pros- pera’s magic, Ariel’s energy, and the young lovers’ optimism points the way to a brave new world.

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 Won the maximum possible transit assistance And so much more….. Come find out why its pays to be a member DC LABORFEST EVENTS THE 33 Mon, May 2, 7:00 Tickets: AFI.com/Silver AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Rd, Downtown Silver Spring, MD Introduced by Cecil Roberts, president of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) (tentative Hosted by UFCW 1994/Municipal and County Government Employees Organization (MCGEO) In 2010, 33 Chilean miners were buried alive by the catastrophic explosion and collapse of a century-old gold and copper mine. Over the next 69 days, an international team worked night and day in a desperate attempt to rescue the trapped men as their families and friends, as well as millions of people globally, waited and watched anxiously for any sign of hope. But 200 stories beneath the surface, in the suffocating heat and with tensions rising, provisions—and time—were quickly running out. Starring Antonio Banderas and Juliette Binoche, this tense, dramatic thriller depicts the courage of both the miners and their families who refused to give up. DIR Patricia Riggen; SCR Mikko Alanne/Craig Borten, Antonio Banderas, Rodrigo Santoro, Juliette Binoche, US, Chile, 2015, color, 125 min. RATED PG-13; Drama Trailer: http://tinyurl.com/dclaborfest-the33 TRUMBO (2015) Fri, Apr 29, 7:00; Sun, May 1, 4:45p; Tue, May 3, 7:00 Tickets: AFI.com/Silver AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Rd, Downtown Silver Spring, MD Hosted by SAG-AFTRA & the DC May Day Organizing Committee Bryan Cranston gives an Oscar®-nominated performance as the legendary blacklisted author and screenwriter Dalton Trumbo. He was one of Tinseltown’s busiest and most versatile screenwriters throughout the 1940s, but that ended abruptly with the House Un-American Activities Committee’s Communist witch-hunt and Hollywood’s subsequent blacklist. Undeterred, Trumbo persevered: he worked for cheap, using aliases and front writers, on dozens of screenplays through the ‘50s. Hit movies — even Oscar® winners — were made from his screenplays, emboldening Hollywood to finally break the blacklist in 1960. The exquisite cast includes Diane Lane, Elle Fanning, John Goodman, Louis C.K., Michael Stuhlbarg and Helen Mirren. DIR Jay Roach; SCR/PROD John McNamara; SCR from the book by Bruce Cook; PROD Kevin Kelly Brown, Monica Levinson, Michael London, Nimitt Mankad, Shivani Rawat, Janice Williams. U.S., 2015, color, 124 min. RATED R Trailer: http://tinyurl.com/dclaborfest-trumbo2015 TRUMBO (2007) Sat, Apr 30, 4:45; Sun, May 1, 11:00 a.m. $5 Tickets! AFI.com/Silver AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Rd, Downtown Silver Spring, MD This documentary portrait of blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo was written by his son Christopher and directed by Peter Askin. Like their previous collaboration, the off-Broadway play “Trumbo: Red, White and Blacklisted,” the film relies heavily on the letters

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Trumbo wrote during the 1950s, here read by noted actors Michael Dou- glas, Joan Allen, Donald Sutherland, Liam Neeson and Paul Giamatti. David Strathairn delivers Trumbo’s famed 1970 speech to the Writers Guild of America, a summing up of the tumultuous times of the preceding decades, and a plea for understanding. DIR Peter Askin; PROD Will Battersby, Tory Tunnell, David Viola, Al Klin- genstein. U.S., 2007, b&w/color, 96 min. RATED PG-13 Trailer: http://tinyurl.com/dclaborfest-trumbo2007 UNION CITY RADIO Weekdays at 7:15a on WPFW 89.3 FM Listen online: http://tinyurl.com/unioncityradio Brief audio version of the award-winning Union City electronic newsletter, featuring DC-area labor news, updates, calendar and labor history with Union City Managing Editor Chris Garlock. UC Radio is a partnership between the Metro Washington Council and 89.3 FM WPFW. Today in Labor History is provided by Union Communication Services; Rockin’ Solidarity is performed by Joe Uehlein and the Bones of Contention; Union City Radio engineering by David Kelly. THE WORKING CLASS GOES TO HEAVEN aka LULU THE TOOL [LA CLASSE OPERAIA VA IN PARADISO] Uncut version! Sun, May 22, 3:15 Tickets: AFI.com/Silver AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Rd, Downtown Silver Spring, MD Overachieving auto worker Lulu (an outstanding Gian Maria Volontè) is a superstar on the factory floor, the darling of his employers and the envy of his fellow workers due to the ease of his production. But after he loses a finger in a work accident, he begins to question what it’s all about, beginning a strange journey that will see him go on strike, get fired, take up with student Communists and eventually return to work more bewildered than enlightened. The film shared the Palme d’Or at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival with THE MATEI AFFAIR, which also starred Volontè. The score is by Ennio Morricone. DIR/SCR Elio Petri; SCR Ugo Pirro; PROD Ugo Tucci. Italy, 1971, color, 126 min. In Italian with English subtitles. NOT RATED Trailer: http://tinyurl.com/dclaborfest-workingclass WORKING LUNCH SCREENINGS May 6, 13, 20 & 27; 12 noon AFL-CIO, 815 16th Street NW, Washington DC 20006 FREE May 6: 2016 DC Labor FilmFest Sneak preview May 13: Dream On May 20: Love and Solidarity May 27: Labor Shorts

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