September 15-21
Presented By:
Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO
Debs-Jones-Douglass Institute
American Film Institute
Jane Fonda and Barbara Kopple
Headline DC Labor FilmFest
Jane Fonda will attend a 25th anniversary screening of her film "Nine to Five" on Saturday September 17th. The event is a benefit for Working America and the evening's program will include Fonda and Karen Nussbaum, co-founder of 9 to 5 –– the organization of women office workers.
FREE 9-5 TIX! A limited number of free tickets are available to next week's screening of Nine to Five for women office workers, courtesy of The McLaughlin Company! Nominate someone who works in your office and she could be a winner! Send names to 925@dclaborfilmfest.org 925@dclaborfilmfest.org
Academy Award-winning director Barbara Kopple will attend a screening of her Academy Award-winning documentary, "Harlan County, USA" which will be released on DVD for the first time this Fall. Kopple will be the 2005 recipient of the Tony Mazzocchi Labor Arts Award.
The Films
We've got a great lineup of films, including:
Il Posto, Maids (Domesticas), Office Space, Living to Work, Mardi Gras: Made in China, Off to War, The Phantom of the Operator, and Where Do You Stand?: Stories from an American Mill.
Click here for the schedule and film info.
Tickets
For information and assistance ordering tickets and to get the Union Member discount, click here
Location
The fifth annual DC Labor FilmFest will take place at the American Film Institute's Silver Theatre in Silver Spring, Maryland. For location and transportation information click here.Support the Festival!
Many thanks to our generous sponsors including our Premiere Sponsor - American Income Life Insurance Company! For a full list of FilmFest supporters, click here.
Volunteer!
Free FilmFest t-shirts and tickets are available for DC Labor FilmFest volunteers! Tasks include staffing the will-call table and ushering at screenings. A very limited number of slots are available; if interested, email streetheat@dclabor.org NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!
Advisory Committee click here
For more information about DC Labor FilmFest 2005, please contact:
Katherine Isaac at the Debs-Jones-Douglass Institute or
Chris Garlock at Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO
