Bread and Roses: 11.20.18- Film: “Adios Amor – The Search for Maria Moreno”
Date and Time
Nov 13, 2018 6:00 pm
Location
Takoma
235 Carroll St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20012
Nov 13, 2018 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.
This Month: Adios Amor: The Search for Maria Moreno
Intro and Q&A with director Laurie Coyle!
The discovery of lost photographs sparks the search for a hero that history forgot—Maria Moreno, a migrant mother driven to speak out by her twelve children’s hunger. Years before Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta launched the United Farm Workers, Maria picked up the only weapon she had—her voice—and became an outspoken leader in an era when women were relegated to the background. The first farm worker woman in America to be hired as a union organizer, Maria’s story was silenced and her legacy buried—until now.
Directed by: Laurie Coyle; Documentary Feature (2018); 60m Click here to watch the trailer.
“The most famous film ever made about farm labor conditions, Edward R. Murrow's ‘Harvest of Shame’ came out on Thanksgiving Day in 1960,” says director Laurie Coyle. “It's significant to recognize that what today is called ‘food insecurity’ was a major theme of Maria Moreno's life, and indeed sparked her activism. Farmworkers today still suffer from food insecurity.”
Part of Films Across Borders: Stories of Women (International Cinema Series), Fall 2018
https://www.american.edu/soc/Films-Across-Borders/index.cfm
Films Across Borders: Stories of Women, a multi-cultural film series, showcases an eclectic selection of cinematic works by and about women. As the focus on gender-balanced perspectives and parity in representation has moved to the forefront of contemporary discussion, Stories of Women portrays vital and diverse female voices in film through dramatic features, documentaries and shorts.
CO-PRESENTED BY: DC LaborFest; American University; National Gallery of Art; AFI Silver Theater and Cultural Center; Mexican Cultural Institute; Cultural Services of French Embassy; SPAIN arts & culture; Goethe-Institut Washington; Embassy of Sweden; Austrian Cultural Forum; Immigration Film Fest; Women in Film and Video; National Museum of Women in the Arts; Vital Voices Global Partnership
