{"id":29,"date":"2018-04-11T15:15:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-11T19:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bender-lib.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2018\/04\/11\/democracy-on-film-the-american-laborer\/"},"modified":"2018-04-11T15:15:00","modified_gmt":"2018-04-11T19:15:00","slug":"democracy-on-film-the-american-laborer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2018\/04\/11\/democracy-on-film-the-american-laborer\/","title":{"rendered":"Democracy on Film: The American Laborer"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tModule 2 of Democracy on Film is called The American Laborer. American identity is highly bound up with the idea of labor, and this selection of films is a great introduction.<\/p>\n

Module 2: The American Laborer<\/h4>\n

Introductory Lesson: The Common Good<\/p>\n

Chapter 1<\/b>: \u201cBlack Fury\u201d (1935, d. Michael Curtiz) — Not in the collection…YET!!
Chapter 2<\/b>: \u201cHarlan County U.S.A.\u201d (1976, d. Barbara Kopple) — DVD 2032
Chapter 3<\/b>: \u201cAt the River I Stand\u201d (1993, d. David Appleby, Allison Graham and Steven Ross) —  Streaming Video<\/a>
Chapter 4<\/b>: \u201cSalt of the Earth\u201d (1954, d. Herbert J. Biberman) — HU DVD 5560
Chapter 5<\/b>: \u201cNorma Rae\u201d (1979, d. Martin Ritt) — HU DVD 440<\/p>\n

I’m kind of surprised that On The Waterfront<\/i> (HU DVD 7750) didn’t make this list. But, for further study, we recommend Matewan<\/i><\/a> (DVD 1651), a film about the Battle of Matewan. We also recommend Native Land<\/i><\/a> (DVD 10448), a 1942 documentary film about labor organizing featuring Paul Robeson. Unfortunately, it looks like we don’t have a filmed version of the Lynn Nottage play Sweat<\/a> <\/i>(PS3564.O795 S94 2017) which won the Pulitzer for Drama. But we do have, for a portrait of the alienation of the American laboror in today’s workforce, the truly classic Office Space<\/i> (DVD 2344).<\/p>\n

You can now find the full list of Democracy on Film in our LibGuide<\/a>. Check back for additional recommendations.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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