{"id":18848,"date":"2020-05-01T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.cinemapolitica.org\/?p=18848"},"modified":"2021-07-02T15:12:19","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T19:12:19","slug":"cinema-politica-pandemic-playlist-vol-1-labour-and-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinemapolitica.org\/fr\/cinema-politica-pandemic-playlist-vol-1-labour-and-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Cinema Politica Pandemic Playlist Vol 1: Labour and Community"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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In this unprecedented time, where much of the world is under quarantine, many do not have the choice to stay at home and are forced to work under great duress with risk to their lives. The COVID-19 crisis presents a moment for us to reflect on the injustices and inequalities embedded in the capitalist system\u2019s assault on labour. It also presents openings for us to improve working conditions and labour rights for all.<\/p>

We are launching our first\u00a0Pandemic Playlist Vol. 1: Labour and Community<\/em>\u00a0on Labour Day to draw attention to frontline workers, caregivers, womyn, wage-labourers and the global precariate. Stay tuned and follow CP for more carefully curated, critical and creative Pandemic Playlists of political film* for you to discover (or in some cases rediscover), discuss, share and fold into the fabric of collective resistance and collective care. And now, please take a moment to hear from workers and activists from the Migrant Rights Network.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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1. Migrant Dreams (Min Sook Lee, Canada, 2016, 88\u2019)<\/strong><\/p>

We lead our first playlist with one of the most important and celebrated labour films to come out of Canada. Migrant Dreams is a brave and bold documentary that tells the relatively untold story of migrant agricultural workers facing conditions created by the draconian Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP). With intimate access and unwavering attention to the politics of labour organizing and solidarity work, this award-winning expos\u00e9 goes inside secretive meetings, documents crucial community efforts by Justice for Migrant Workers, and foregrounds the insights and experiences of those most impacted by Canada\u2019s abusive TFWP: migrant workers from various countries held hostage or toiling under labour exploitation yet fighting back to win.<\/p>

As migrant and racialized workers continue to make up much of the agricultural and food industries in Canada, and who continue to work (mostly for low wages) during the pandemic when others are able to stay safely at home and benefit from their labour, we think Migrant Dreams is the perfect May Day work to share.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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