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Film Festival, Febuary 24 - 28, 2023, starts Friday, February 24 at 6 p.m.
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Detroit 48202: Conversations Along A Postal Route examines the rise, demise, and contested resurgence of the City of Detroit through the lens of African-American mail carrier, Wendell Watkins, and the committed community he faithfully served for thirty years.
(2018, 82m, Directed by Pamela Sporn)
(Tix: bit.ly/DetroitWUFF12) (Trailer)
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Fireburn: The Documentary is a powerful short film about the human rights violations that occurred on the island of St. Croix during the 1878 post-emancipation event known as the Fireburn. Find out what sparked this fiery labor revolt from sugar plantation workers and learn how it changed the lives of Virgin Islanders. (2021, 21m, Directed by Joel Fendelman, Executive Producer: Angela Golden Bryan) (Tix: bit.ly/FireburnWUFF12) (Trailer)
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Digging for Weldon Irvine is a feature-length documentary about the life and influence of heralded writer, arranger, composer and pianist Weldon Irvine, Jr. The film studies 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. (2019, 111m, Directed by Victorious DeCosta) (Tix: bit.ly/WeldonWUFF12) (Trailer)
Dark Cell Harlem Farm explores the death by suffocation of eight Black men at a prison plantation in 1913. The film makes an urgent and uncompromising argument for the impossibility of prison reform and the necessity of prison abolition. (2022, 27 min, Directed by Alexander Johnston) (Tix: bit.ly/DarkCellWUFF12) (Trailer)
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. (2018, 21m, Directed by Sikivu Hutchinson) (Tix: bit.ly/SkullWUFF12) (Trailer)
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To watch, you just need to create a free login on Eventive.
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Submissions Are Open for Season 12!
New Dates - WUFF12 will be a hybrid festival, taking place at Cinema Village theater and online via Eventive between Oct 27th and Nov 10th, 2023.
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Films are accepted in the following categories, from anywhere in the globe (English language or subtitles):
- Documentary Short
- Narrative Short
- Documentary Feature (50 min or more)
- Narrative Feature (50 min or more)
- Working Lives Screenplay Competition
- Films from the Frontlines (3-15 min)
You must have an account with Film Freeway to submit your work through their website at https://filmfreeway.com/TheWorkersUniteFilmFestival
If you need assistance or have further questions about fees, deadlines, or content requirements, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us at melanie@workersuniteff.org or 646-455-2225.
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Donate $40 or More to Receive A Special Two-Pack of Remaining Season 11 Mugs and T-shirts (Large).
New Season 12 Design Will Debut On Merchandise Later This Year.
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Please make any donation you can to help us put these events online. Every $30 or more gets you a T-shirt, mug, cap, tank, or tote bag:bit.ly/DonateWUFF12
Your donations support our work to keep workers voices in the spotlight whenever possible, from our main film festival every season to special events year-round. We have a former union leader as Labor Secretary in the White House and every bit of pressure needs to be applied to ensure this administration stands by their word to do right by the average American.
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Jackie Robinson: Get To The Bag - Available On-Demand (WUFF Filmmaker)
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Film Director/Producer Victorious Decosta has come a long way since submitting his doc short, "Can't Wear A Wig Forever", to the 2016 Workers Unite Film Festival and winning the Special Jury Award for doc feature, "Digging for Weldon Irvine", in 2020. We also appreciate his continued mentorship during our Activist Filmmaker Bootcamps!
Now, off the heels of producing films for HBO, Decosta's latest project is a television documentary for Fox Sports (FS1), "Jackie Robinson: Get To The Bag", which you can watch for free on-demand on the Fox Sports websiteand on their YouTube channel.
This will be the Jackie Robinson story you don't know.
#JackieRobinsonGTTB #GetToTheBag
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Best Screenplay "Revolt of the Good Guys" Brings 1970 Postal Strike to Life
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