Bread & Roses
Date and Time
Jul 25, 2017 6:00 pm
Location
Takoma
235 Carroll St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20012
Jul 25, 2017 6:00 pm
Takoma
Bread & Roses is a monthly labor series that features a variety of events focused on workers and organized labor. Each month brings a new topic through interactive discussions, film screenings, and performances. The hope for these events is that attendees walk away with a greater understanding of organized labor, its role in shaping history and current relevance. The name "Bread & Roses" was inspired by a poem/song written by James Oppenheim that appeals for both fair wages and dignified conditions.
Like most high schoolers, Leon Bronstein (Jay Baruchel) is having an identity crisis. He believes he is the reincarnation of Soviet thinker Leon Trotsky and is predestined to follow his path. Sentenced to public school for staging a hunger strike in his father’s factory, Leon sees this punishment as another step toward the fulfillment of his destiny. After all, teeming with Stalinesque authoritarians and throngs of voiceless students, what arena could be more apropos for social reinvention than high school? He enlists a group of disenchanted youth and together they plan to take down the dictatorial principal. Director Jacob Tierney cleverly links the real Trotsky’s life to the tribulations of the passionate high schooler.
Directed by Jacob Tierney, Canada 2009, 114 min.
Trailer: https://youtu.be/HtU7ERJ3cTw
Register: http://bit.ly/dclff-thetrotsky
