The Hand That Feeds movie (Photo – A still from the trailer).
As the Pasadena City Council considers raising the minimum wage, Conscientious Projector shows Pasadenans a movie that hits home.
The Hand That Feeds, examines the plight that many of these workers face in cities and towns around the U.S. Filmmakers Rachel Blears and Robin Blotnick’s cinema vérité-style film tells the story of undocumented workers at a popular Upper East Side New York City café/bakery who endure sub-legal wages, abusive managers and unsafe working conditions. Then one of them persuades a small group of his co-workers to join him in fighting back. Risking deportation, a lockout, and the loss of their livelihood, they band together, and with the help of an innovative team of young organizers, form their own independent union. Their struggle tests the limits of their resolve as they fight to win dignity, justice, the restoration of their jobs, and a new contract.
Rev. Dr. Timothy Murphy, Executive Director of Progressive Christians Uniting and a labor justice advocate, facilitates a community discussion following the film.
Admission is free and the facility is accessible to disabled persons.
01/14/2016
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Location
The Armory Center For the Arts
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