Archive: Films

• WCP: Sorry to Bother You: A Spectacle That Teaches

  Among labor activists, summer movie-going wasn’t defined by another high-budget action film or carefree 70’s themed musical, but by Boots Riley’s Sorry to Bother You. In this week’s Working-Class perspectives, Kathy M. Newman reviews the film and discusses how its production is reflective of a changing Hollywood that is becoming more accepting of pro-union politics.

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Cinema, Films, John Russo, Kathy M. Newman, Sherry Linkon, WCP, Working-Class Art, Working-Class Culture, Working-Class Perspectives

• Heather Booth Film Leaves GU Inspired and Hopeful

  A screening last week of Heather Booth: Changing the World left a crowd of students, faculty, and community members stirred to action, and more committed than ever to working for social justice. H

  Category: Women Innovating Labor Leadership Tags: Events, Films, Heather Booth, Lane Windham, Organizing, WILL Empower

• WCP: The Working Class at the Oscars

  Portrayals of working-class people in popular culture often depend on stereotypes, yet this year's Oscar-nominated films are a pleasant exception. In this week's Working-Class Perspective, Jack Metz

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Fences, Films, Hell or High Water, Hollywood, Jack Metzgar, John Russo, Manchester by the Sea, Moonlight, Movies, Oscars, Sherry Linkon, Stereotypes, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: I, Daniel Blake and The Power of Working-Class Story Telling

  Great films about the working class have the capacity to inspire political action as well as empathy. In this week's Working-Class Perspective, Sarah Attfield explains why I, Daniel Blake (2016) is

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Austerity, Films, Great Britain, I Daniel Blake, John Russo, Movies, Sarah Attfield, Sherry Linkon, United Kingdom, WCP, Welfare, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: The Global Working Class in Art House Cinema

  Have you already finished House of Cards, Season Four? Want to learn about working-class culture around the globe but can't travel? In today's Working-Class Perspective, Sarah Attfield recommends ei

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Belgium, Cinema, Films, John Russo, Movies, Sarah Attfield, Sherry Linkon, Two Days One Night, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives