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Australia in the 70's
The Killing Floor
(1985)
Directed by Bill Duke
Thursday - September 6 - 9:30 p.m.
Friday - September 7 - 6:30 p.m.
The Killing Floor explores the conflicting
loyalties of African-American stockyards
workers in Chicago during the First World
War. Starring Damon Leake and Moses Gunn,
the story pits a black worker who joins an
interracial union against his rival who believes
that blacks must look after themselves. Based
on impeccable historical research into the
lives of actual stockyard workers, this powerful
docudrama won the Sundance Film Festival
Special Jury Award and was invited to Cannes.
(16mm. 118 min. Rated PG.)
WORKING FILMS
Bread and Roses
(2000)
Directed by Ken Loach
Thursday - December 6 - 6:30 p.m.
Starring Adrien Brody (The Pianist) as a union
organizer and Pilar Padilla as an undocumented
worker, Bread and Roses brings Loach's
customary sympathetic portrayal of working
people to the story of the immigrants who clean
the office towers of Los Angeles. Loach's gritty,
amusing, and spirited fictional film documents
the real life organizing drive of "Justice for
Janitors," a key moment in the rebirth of
American unions among service workers and the
newest generation of immigrants. (35mm. 110
min. Rated R.)
Two films about labor in America
Since the birth of the medium, filmmakers have made the struggles of ordinary people for workplace jus-
tice a central theme in the cinema. From the early films of Eisenstein to the contemporary work of John
Sayles and Ken Loach, work and workers have captured the visual imagination of moviegoers. These
films offer historical and contemporary depictions of struggles among the working class. The series is
sponsored by Bloomington Jobs with Justice, IU Labor Studies Program, Latino Studies, Center for Latin
American and Caribbean Studies, Cultural Studies Program, Black Film Center/Archive, Department of
History, and IU Cinema. Special thanks to Alex Lichtenstein, Associate Professor, Department of History.
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Screenings are free, but ticketed.