Still from The Hand That Feeds
Day 1 of Hot & Crusty Occupation
 

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The Hand That Feeds

par Rachel Lears & Robin Blotnick
A positive(!) and inspiring story of undocumented yet empowered migrant workers demanding labour justice in New York City.
2014  ·  1h24m  ·  United States
(sous-titres)
À propos du film
At a popular bakery café, residents of New York’s Upper East Side get bagels and coffee served with a smile 24 hours a day. But behind the scenes, undocumented immigrant workers face sub-legal wages, dangerous machinery, and abusive managers who will fire them for calling in sick. Mild-mannered sandwich maker Mahoma López has never been interested in politics, but in January 2012, he convinces a small group of his co-workers to fight back. Risking deportation and the loss of their livelihood, the workers team up with a diverse crew of innovative young organizers and take the unusual step of forming their own independent union, launching themselves on a journey that will test the limits of their resolve. In one roller-coaster year, they must overcome a shocking betrayal and a two-month lockout. Lawyers will battle in back rooms, Occupy Wall Street protesters will take over the restaurant, and a picket line will divide the neighborhood. If they can win a contract, it will set a historic precedent for low-wage workers across the country. But whatever happens, Mahoma and his coworkers will never be exploited again.
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Critique
The Detroit News
Critique
The Village Voice
Editor
Robin Blotnick and David Meneses
Executive Producer
Alex Rivera
Sound Designer
Carlos 'Storm' Martinez
Producer
Robin Blotnick
Co-Producer
Patricia Benabe
Soundtrack Composer
Ryan Blotnick
Production Company
Jubilee Films
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À propos du cinéaste

Robin Blotnick

Robin Blotnick
Robin Blotnick

Robin’s first documentary, Chocolate Country (2006), received a Grand Jury Prize at the Seattle International Film Festival, was a winner in LinkTV’s ViewChange competition, and is used as a teaching tool by educators and Fair Trade advocates around the world. His feature documentary debut, Gods and Kings (2012), about masks, magic and media in the highlands of Guatemala, won the Intangible Culture Prize at the RAI International Festival of Ethnographic Films (Scotland, 2013) and was the opening night film at Ethnocineca (Vienna, 2014). Robin is also a 2013 Sundance Creative Producing Fellow.

 

Rachel Lears

Rachel Lears
Rachel Lears

Rachel’s award-winning first feature doc Birds of Passage (2010) was supported by Fulbright and the National Film Institute of Uruguay, had two community screening tours of Uruguay sponsored by the Ministry of Education and Culture, and was broadcast nationally throughout Latin America. Her ongoing video art collaborations with artist Saya Woolfalk have screened at numerous galleries and museums worldwide since 2008. Rachel was a 2013 Sundance Creative Producing Fellow, and also holds a PhD in Cultural Anthropology from NYU.

 

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