The Barre Labor Hall is proud to help sponsor the WORKERS UNITE! Film Festival's free virtual on-demand screenings Feb 24th-28th in honor of Black History Month.
The films:
Detroit 48202: Conversations Along A Postal Route -- A veteran mailman provides an intimate glimpse of Detroiters' resistance to boom and bust capitalism and structural racism.
Digging for Weldon Irvine -- is a feature-length documentary about the life and influence of heralded writer, arranger, composer and pianist Weldon Irvine, Jr. and his influence on the Black Arts Movement of the 1970s, the evolution of hip-hop, and the development of some of the most well-known figures in jazz today.
Fireburn -- Historians, cultural preservationists and artists come together to discuss the event known as the Fireburn - a bloody labor revolt that occurred on the island of St. Croix in 1878.
Dark Cell Harlem Farm explores the death by suffocation of eight Black men at a prison plantation in 1913.
Grinning Skull - Set in Los Angeles in 1946, Black and Latina female washroom attendants wrestle with the decision to unionize, bucking racism, sexism, and class discrimination at the Pacific Electric Railway subway terminal.
To watch -- FREE & on-demand: To watch the filmshttps://watch.eventive.org/workersunitefilmfest2023
Nov 2, 2024, 10 to 11:30 AM
Samhain - Day of the DeadNov 2, 2024, 5 to 7 PM
Art Divination & Dinner - Nov. 7 or Dec. 19Nov 7, 2024, 5 to 8 PM