Workers Unite Film Festival 2025

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Bev Grant: A Lifetime of Liberation
Photographer, activist, and songwriter Bev Grant discusses, in her own words, her involvement in the Women’s Liberation movement and more.
COVID Sourdough
Union organizers at Tartine Bakery in San Francisco win an election despite the tactics of their anti-union boss.
Forecast
A doc short that captures the pulse of Times Square, New York City on the eve of the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election.
Interwoven
In the wake of the textile industry's decline, a community in North Carolina fights to reclaim its economic future through innovative worker-owned cooperatives and sustainable practices.
Motown South: Organized Labor In the Battery Belt
As America’s electric vehicle boom shifts to the Deep South, weak unions draw investors while Southern workers fight to organize — setting the stage for a showdown that could define the future of America’s Battery Belt.
Public Good: A Fight for Democracy (Cricket)
Cricket, a city wastewater treatment mechanic in FL, was on the frontlines during Hurricane Milton. While his own house flooded, he was working to serve his community. He's one of countless public servants who keep America running. Now, their rights are under attack.
Taken For A Ride: How San Francisco Backstabbed A Generation of Cab Drivers
San Francisco’s Taxi Medallion Sales Program promised cab drivers a path to financial stability but, instead, it became a financial trap.
The Arrivals
The journey of asylum seekers sent to NYC from the Texas border starting in Aug 2022. Highlighted are the efforts of three small, underfunded volunteer organizations that provided essential support, including food, clothing, kindness and dignity to traumatized individuals and families seeking safety and security in the U.S.
The Last Newspaperman
The crisis of local journalism, its causes, and the proposals to fix it, through the personalized frame of one local newspaper reporter’s life and career. Joe Napsha has worked at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review for 45 years.
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This package includes all 9 of our U.S. based documentary shorts, including "Bev Grant: A Lifetime of Liberation", "COVID Sourdough", "Interwoven", "Motown South: Organized Labor In the Battery Belt", "Public Good: A Fight for Democracy (Cricket)", "Taken For A Ride: How San Fransisco Backstabbed A Generation of Cab Drivers", "The Arrivals", and "The Last Newspaperman". More may be added. You may watch in any order. 

A short subject documentary about the union organizers at Tartine Bakery in the San Francisco Bay Area who successfully won a tight NLRB election despite a brutal anti union boss fight that began just weeks before the worldwide closures of March 2020 due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Year
    2024
  • Runtime
    16 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Director
    Michael Plewa
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