CLiFF 2025

Northumberland Labour Council

Expired November 16, 2025 9:00 PM
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9 films in package
Northumberland Labour Council Intro
Working for Freedom
A short documentary that follows an Ottawa-based woman through her experiences of prison labour at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre.
Victory Train
On the purple trains that run through the rapeseed fields of Skåne, anger is growing. The train company is planning yet another cutback. But this time the train staff are ready to back each other!
They Called It The Butcher Shop: The Fleck Strike In Images
“They Called It The Butcher Shop: The Fleck Strike In Images” amplifies the voices of the women of Fleck Manufacturing in 1978 as they tell their story of struggle, solidarity, and sisterhood.
Motown South: Organized Labor in the Battery Belt
Electric vehicle producers are setting up shop in states such as Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee - but why?
NOLA
A Black woman working as a sous-chef navigates toxic restaurant culture and her wavering mental health, until a chance encounter changes her.
Cables
Manuela is socially isolated and manages her internal rage by drawing comics. One day she makes a new friend...
Union and University
Disgruntled graduate students disrupt two hundred years of peaceful exploitation by going on strike. The university administration hires private investigators, security, and a full surveillance package to keep the campus safe. Is this 2025 or 1925?
Dissonance
Fatimetu Bucharaya is a Sahrawi woman who in 2019 founded SMAWT, a voluntary women's association dedicated to the detection of anti-personnel mines in the Sahrawi refugee camps in Tindouf (Algeria). This documentary chronicles the group’s work and the challenges they face within a complex political backdrop.
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Working for Freedom is a short documentary that follows an Ottawa-based woman through her experiences of prison labour at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre. Author of Solidarity behind bars, Jordan House, provides us with an overview of the frameworks that allow these exploitative practices to continue today.

  • Year
    2025
  • Runtime
    0:10:50
  • Genre
    Documentary
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