Free FilmFest Screenings Launch

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

Union Privilege hosted the first DC Labor FilmFest Working Lunch screening Friday. “These ‘working lunches’ are a great way to keep UP staff apprised of labor movement happenings, how it’s perceived and what we can all be doing as working people and organizations to support it,” said Brooke Tredwell, Executive Assistant to the President. Union Privilege staffers gathered in the conference room to watch eight short videos about labor. The 30-minute screening featured a wide range of topics, many humorous or musical and others “eye-opening,” like The Janitor’s portrait of a school custodian. Six more workplace screenings have been scheduled; the compilation is available upon request for showing at union offices, halls and workplaces: email streetheat@dclaborarchives.org for details. Prizes – a Labor FilmFest t-shirt and free FilmFest passes – were raffled off: congrats to winners Carl Calabro, Valerie Cole, Karyn Dubravetz and Yvette Floyd.
- report/photo by Chris Garlock