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. 

San Francisco’s Taxi Medallion Sales Program promised cab drivers a path to financial stability but, instead, it became a financial trap. As City Hall embraced the rise of Uber and Lyft, taxi medallion owners - who had paid $250,000 for the right to operate - found themselves drowning in debt with no way out. Through the stories of three cab drivers, this documentary explores the human cost of a policy failure that left a once-prized permit worthless and an industry in crisis.

  • Year
    2025
  • Runtime
    14 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Director
    Peter Thomas Ruocco
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