LaborFest Today: Salt of the Earth
Monday, May 5, 2014(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
The DC LaborFest continues tonight
with a screening of the labor film classic Salt of
the Earth at
7:30p at the AFI in Silver Spring. Originally banned by the U.S. government and
now recognized by the Smithsonian as among “the greatest 100 films ever
made,”
this film -- celebrating its 60th anniversary this year -- tells the story of
Mexican-American workers who strike to attain wage parity with Anglo workers
and the pivotal role their wives play in the strike. Tonight's screening
includes a raffle for 2014 DC Labor FilmFest shirts.
Coming Up:
The Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers'
Struggle (Tues, May 6)
Poetry at Work (Tues, May 6)
The American Nurse (starts Tues May 6)
Labor Heritage Foundation's Solidarity Forever
Awards (Thu,
May 8)