Program 18: LCLAA and TWN Doc Shorts and More (Free)

The Workers Unite Film Festival is a celebration of Global Labor Solidarity.The Festival aims to showcase student and professional films from the United States and around the world which publicize and highlight the struggles, successes and daily lives of all workers in their efforts to unite and organize for better living conditions and social justice.We are a not-for-profit  501(c)(3) organization

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Films from the Front Lines and other doc shorts, including 'Coordinates' and 'Relighting the Flame'.

Cinema Village

Workers Unite Film Festival Season 13 (2024)

Season 13 kicks off October 18th, 2024 at NYC's Cinema Village theater (22 E 12th St) until October 24th, then continues at other partner venues, such as The Lost & Found and SUNY ESC. Global labor solidarity! Program listings and tickets below.

COORDINATES - A four-channel video that immerses the viewer on the effects of corporate decisions on front line communities. (6m, 2023, Director: Tony Buba)

RELIGHTING THE FLAME - Relighting the Flame tells the story of how a new generation of workers are defying enormous odds to rebuild and grow America's steel industry, right in the Industrial Heartland. (26m, 2024, Director: Carl Kriss)

LCLAA SHORTS SERIES - A collection of 5-6 min long films centered on union life and being a part of the NYC chapter of the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA). (15-30m TBD, 2024)

EN COMUN: BOOKLOVING Y ORGANIZING (IN COMMON: BOOKLOVING AND ORGANIZING) - This documentary tells the story of how Mil Mundos, the first bilingual bookstore of East Bushwick, became a mutual aid hub and a safe space for their neighbors during the early days of the pandemic, changing the course of its operations. We follow the day-to-day activities of this Bushwick coop and its members' relationships to the space that informs the core of their community-making. (15m, 2024, Director: Ángel Jacinto Escalante)