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We're proud to present the UNION screening and discussion on Wednesday, October 23, at U of M Detroit Center with Metro Detroit CLUW Trustee Lois Lofton-Doniver. This thought-provoking documentary immerses you in a powerful story of modern labor organizing at Amazon.

INFO ABOUT UNION:

• The U of M Detroit Center is located at 3663 Woodward, Detroit 48201. The entrance is on the corner of Woodward and Parsons (see map below).
• Park in the structure on Parsons (see map below). Parking will be validated, please bring your ticket with you.
• Doors open at 6:00 p.m. The film starts at 6:30 p.m.
• We will accept PayPal, Venmo, and cash at the door. To buy tickets with a credit card, please use Eventbrite.
• Light refreshments will be served.

UNION Screening + Discussion

Wednesday, October 23 at U of M Detroit Center • 3663 Woodward

Film at 6:30 | Doors at 6:00 p.m.

In 2022, workers at an Amazon warehouse in Staten Island, sick and tired of poor working conditions and constant turnover, made national headlines. Employees had voted to form a new union, the Amazon Labor Union (ALU). For their absorbing documentary UNION, Brett Story (The Hottest August) and Stephen Maing (Crime + Punishment) follow the day-to-day struggles of the ALU, made up of current and former employees, including charismatic and indefatigable leader Chris Smalls.

Their film captures the events that led to this remarkable—but by no means conclusive—historical moment. The result is an immersive portrait that celebrates solidarity while acknowledging the difficult decisions and internal conflicts that make any collective action possible—especially when up against a corporate goliath in a time when worker organizations were overwhelmingly unpopular.

“A vital and urgent portrait of labor organizing and its enduring possibility” — Indiewire

“An essential document of the 21st Century labor movement” — Slate

USA. 2024.

Directed by Brett Story and Stephen Maing.

Running time 100 min.

Sponsored by

Presented with the Metro Detroit Coalition of Labor Union Women

THE DRIVER'S SEAT

Sunday, November 10 at Planet Ant • 2320 Caniff, Hamtramck 48212

Film at 5:30 p.m. | Doors at 5 p.m.

In what remains the most obscure, bizarre, and wildly misunderstood film of her entire career — and perhaps even 1970s Italian cinema — THE DRIVER'S SEAT (aka Identikit) stars Elizabeth Taylor as a disturbed woman who arrives in Rome to find a fragmented city. From there, Taylor navigates autocratic law, leftist violence, and her own increasingly unhinged mission to find the most dangerous liaison of all. Academy Award® nominee Ian Bannen (The Offence), Mona Washbourne (The Collector) and Andy Warhol co-star in this hallucinatory neo-noir, which was photographed by three-time Oscar® winner Vittorio Storaro (Apocalypse Now, The Last Emperor).

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