2 Free Filmfest Screenings

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Films about longshoremen and loggers highlight this week's free noontime DC Labor FilmFest screenings. The dramatic 2002 showdown between longshoremen, shippers and the Bush Administration is depicted in Eye of the Storm, which screens Thursday, while a brand-new film about the loggers of British Columbia will be screened this Friday as part of the National Day of Action to support 7,000 striking loggers and mill workers, members of the Steelworkers union. Both noontime screenings are free at the AFL-CIO.