Bread & Roses
Date and Time
Oct 13, 2015 6:00 pm
Location
Takoma
235 Carroll St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20012
Oct 13, 2015 6:00 pm
Takoma
Busboys and Poets and Bread Roses presents a screening of Labor Shorts: Cast in India and 20 Ways & Somos Amigos (We Are Friends)
Cast in India Offers a fascinating glimpse into the working lives of the men who forge manhole covers—the ubiquitous bits of daily life New Yorkers step on every day without thinking twice. Be transported to the factories where they are produced—bear witness to the pouring of molten metal and the dignity, hard work, and humor of the men who make them. Picturesque and utilitarian, discs that come half way around the world from Indian factories dot our city streets.Introduced by Andrew Tilson, Workers Unite Film Festival (New York City) U.S./India; 2014; Directed by Natasha Raheja; 26 min
20 Ways This comic satire explores the absurd humor of an article by an Oklahoma lawyer that proposed “twenty ways to spot an illegal immigrant.” An entertaining, intelligent look at immigration using humor to explore this very contemporary story.
Introduced by NaNi Rivera, Santa Fe Labor Film Festival U.S.; 2012; Directed by Peter Kershaw; 15:08 min
Somos Amigos (We Are Friends)What would you do if you had to fire your best friend? That’s the dilemma faced by young businessman Julio, who must fire his friend Santi, along with twenty four other workers. His boss and friend Max tries to advise him on how to handle the situation, but it soon becomes increasingly entangled as this short film explores the limits between friendship and work... if they exist at all. Introduced by Paula Guisande, Muestra de Cine y Trabajo, Madrid, Spain 2014, directed by Carlos Solano Perez; 13 min
