Bread and Roses: Heather Booth: Changing the World
Date and Time
May 8, 2018 6:00 pm
Location
Takoma
235 Carroll St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20012
May 8, 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.
Heather Booth: Changing the World
The newest film by critically acclaimed filmmaker Lilly Rivlin is an inspiring look at how social change happens. Booth, a renowned organizer and activist, began her remarkable career at the height of the Civil Rights movement. Looking at Booth’s life, work and personal relationship with respected leaders such as Julian Bond and Senator Elizabeth Warren, the film explores the most pivotal moments in progressive movements that altered our history over the last fifty years. “Heather Booth: Changing the World” blends archival and contemporary footage with interviews with close friends, clients, political colleagues, students and others to understand this one person's legacy in progressive politics, organizing and empowering each of us to create change.
Dir Lilly Rivlin, 2017, 60m, US
