FILM SCREENING: Pride (2014)
Based on a true story, Pride follows a group of lesbian and gay activists in London who raise money to support striking coal miners during the 1984–85 UK miners' strike.
Based on a true story, Pride follows a group of lesbian and gay activists in London who raise money to support striking coal miners during the 1984–85 UK miners' strike.
We bring back this film in a time when mass workers mobilizations and mass strikes are sorely necessary in the United States. It will be followed by a discussion* on labor unions, people's power and organized political movement, with invited co-discussants from the Party for Socialism & Liberation, Defend Democracy in Brazil Committee, local unions, and upper intermediate students from the Portuguese for Social Transformation classes taught by Natalia de Campos/ Syncretic Pleasures at The People's Forum
The film highlights the antiwar movement within the armed forces during the Vietnam War.
Set in rural Louisiana along the historic Cane River region, Cane River follows the romance between two young African Americans whose relationship is shaped by class divisions, family expectations, and the complex legacy of race in the South
A sonic and visual whirlwind, this film—resonant with the country’s dramatic current events—also showcases the richness and beauty of Haitian rebellious culture and the “souls” that sustain it.
