DC Labor FilmFest Preview: Sunday Screenings
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Here’s the schedule for this Sunday; click here to see movie trailers of all the FilmFest
screenings, order tickets online and download a flyer.
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ROSIE THE RIVETER: Oct 13,
12p
documentary film by Connie Field about the American
women
who went to work during World War II to do "men's jobs." Hosted by UnionPlus
(get your photo
taken with Rosie!) & Alliance for American
Manufacturing
GIDEON’S ARMY: Oct 13,
1:30p
In this smart, insightful documentary, filmmaker
Dawn Porter
sheds light on the plight of one of our country's most valuable and unsung
warriors: the public defender.
THE WOMEN ON THE 6TH FLOOR: Oct 13,
3:30p
Comedy demonstrates that people of different social
classes,
living under the same roof, can affect each other’s outlooks and
lives.
MY PIECE OF THE PIE: Oct 13,
5:40p
After losing her job at a local factory, a single
mother
enrolls in a housekeeper training program, soon landing work cleaning the Paris
apartment of handsome but cocky power broker, who happens to be the same one
responsible for the layoffs at her factory.