Shy sandwich-maker Mahoma Lopez unites his undocumented immigrant coworkers to fight abusive conditions at a popular New York restaurant chain. The epic power struggle that ensues turns a single city block into a battlefield in America's new wage wars.
Mexican workers at a zinc mine call a general strike. It is only through the solidarity of the workers, and importantly the indomitable resolve of their wives, mothers, and daughters, that they eventually triumph.
Tonight's double feature film screening explores the radical history of the black working class in the United States.
From Paris, where he establishes his intellectual home, to independent Angola, Mário spends a life in exile, working and fighting tirelessly for African sovereignty.
