Founded in 2009, the Canadian Labour International Film Festival (CLiFF) screens contemporary films that enable "working people be able to tell their own stories in their own words and in their own images."
Presented by the Metro Washington AFL-CIO.
"LaborFest was established in 1994 to institutionalize the history and culture of working people in an annual labor cultural, film and arts festival. It begins every July 5th, which is the anniversary of the 1934 'Bloody Thursday' event. On that day, two workers Howard Sperry and Nick Bordoise were shot and killed in San Francisco. They were supporting the longshoremen and maritime workers strike. This incident brought about the San Francisco General Strike which shut down the entire city and led to hundreds of thousands of workers joining the trade union movement."
"The Reel Work May Day Labor Film Festival takes place in California's central coast communities in and around Santa Cruz each year during the week of May First.
Reel Work presents cultural events, bringing together award-winning documentary film producers, workers, activists, students, and the public with the goal of increasing community awareness of the central role of work in our lives, to discuss economic and global justice issues, and to bring alive the history and culture of the labor movement in the US and abroad. We highlight how workers and community members band together in united effort for mutual benefit to achieve justice and dignity in the streets, fields, and workshops."
"Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s contribution to the civil rights and labor movements."
LABOR MEDIA CONTESTS
LabourStart Labour Video of the Year
Sponsored by LabourStart, an international online labor news service.
International Labor Communications Association (ILCA) Labor Media Awards
The International Labor Communications Association, founded in 1955, is the professional organization of labor communicators in North America.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Sponsored by the D.C. Labor Film Festival and LabourStart.
Media That Matters Film Festival
Withoutabox"The Media That Matters Film Festival is the premiere showcase for short films on the most important topics of the day. Local and global, online and in communities around the world, Media That Matters engages diverse audiences and inspires them to take action."
A film festival submission, promotion and distribution site for filmmakers controlled by IMDB, a division of Amazon.com
