From: mtoups@andrew.cmu.edu
Date: Sat May 10 2003 - 16:49:44 EDT
check out this great video show going on tomorrow evening
at project 1877. info below.
also, alexa, jai, and I will be around this summer
working on PWR stuff (and probably going to the USAS
national gathering in New York City in early August).
more info on that will be coming out.
if you will be in pittsburgh this summer and are
interested in anything from watching activist films
to working with campus workers and other labor issues,
send an email to pwr@andrew.cmu.edu so we can stay in
touch. otherwise, have a great summer.
peace.
matt toups for PWR
ps - if you want rides or directions to project 1877
let us know.
Sun, May 11 2003
07:00 PM
Press Play: On the Job
at Project 1877:
4805 Penn Ave @ Mathilda St
(412) 363-1877
Summer Job by Meeso Lee 3 min, 2003
... just that. From behind the counter at a convenience store.
Who's Paying the Price? Paper Tiger TV, 28 min, 2003
This video looks at the effects of September 11 on the working people
of New York City. As we mourned for the thousands of workers who
perished that day and we rallied behind civil service & construction
workers in the rescue effort, tens of thousands of poor and working
class people faced unemployment and strained resources. At a time
when we are told to be unified, the events of September 11 have
actually deepened some the nation's most basic inequalities. "Who's
Paying the Price?" examines the contradictory glorification of
workers in the immediate aftermath of the attacks and the near
complete disregard of their needs in the ensuing national and local
"economic stimulus" packages. The project highlights the movement for
a fair redevelopment of lower Manhattan and the struggle of laid-off
Marriott WTC Hotel workers. "Who's Paying the Price?" investigates
the legacy of Mayor Giuliani's fiscal management of New York City and
exposes how the tragedy has been exploited to obscure the ongoing
policy failures of the city, state and federal governments.
'The world will devour you...' by Shelly Silver 3:12 min, 2001
A group of cops laugh and talk, while scanning the street for
suspicious activity. An extreme close-up if a sensuously exposed
neck; a soft pink fleshy ear turns to reveal an inquisitive hostile
eye...
Lumberman by Aaron Valdez 3 min, 2003
The Lumberman is a recycling of an educational film using the subject
matter to motivaye the re-edit.
Steffi Domike will be present to introduce her award winning
documentary, "Women of Steel."
Women of Steel- produced by Steffi Domike, Beth Destler, Linny
Stovall, and Allyn Stewart. Directed by Randy Strothman. 30 min, 1985
For many of the women who entered the mills in the 1970s the steel
mill was their ticket out of poverty. When they were laid off in the
1980s, they found that the only jobs they could get were those same
low-wage, no-advancement jobs they had left ten years before. This
video represents this triangle of income and opportunity-and the
physical and emotional adjustments the women of steel had to make in
their transitions. Three of the four producers are former
steelworkers.
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