Fwd: Film: The Enemy Within coming up 11/17 at AFL-CIO

[Nick Wertsch]

Hi everyone - just wanted to give a heads up about this film that will be screening next week at the AFL-CIO, see the message below. 

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From: Chris Garlock <Cgar...@dclabor.org>
Date: Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 11:12 AM
Subject: Film: The Enemy Within coming up 11/17 at AFL-CIO
To: "ja...@georgetown.edu" <ja...@georgetown.edu>
Cc: Nick Wertsch <nm...@georgetown.edu>

Thought you’d be interested in this; can you spread the word?

 

Film: The Enemy Within

When: Tue, November 17, 5pm – 7pm

Where: AFL-CIO, 815 16th Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20005, United States (map)

Description: Award-winning documentary about one of the most dramatic events in British history: the 1984-85 Miners' Strike. No experts. No politicians. Thirty years on, this is the raw first-hand experience of those who lived through Britain's longest strike. Introduced by AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka, who led the United Mineworkers of America from 1982 to 1995. In 1984, a Conservative government under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher declared war on Britain's unions, with the help of notorious American union-buster Ian Macgregor, taking on the strongest in the country, the National Union of Mineworkers. Following a secret plan, the government began announcing the closure of coal mines, threatening not just an industry but whole communities and a way of life. Against all the forces the government could throw at them, 160,000 coal miners took up the fight. “The Enemy Within” tells the story of a group of miners and supporters who were on the frontline of that strike for an entire year. One of the film’s main contributors collaborated on the hit 2014 film “Pride.” “The Enemy Within” is a universal story about people fighting for their community in the face of terrible hardship and showing incredibly resilience and strength- a message that crosses the boundaries of nationality. Click here to see a trailer: https://vimeo.com/125678739 Co-sponsored by the AFL-CIO and the DC Labor FilmFest

 

 

Chris Garlock

Director, DC LaborFest & DC Labor FilmFest
202-974-8153 office

202-230-1133 cel

@dclabor

 

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Nick Wertsch

Program Coordinator

Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor

Georgetown University

209 Maguire Hall
37th & O Streets NW
Washington, DC  20057-1002

Phone: (202) 687-4987  |  Cell: (314) 662-2730

Email: nm...@georgetown.edu

Web:   lwp.georgetown.edu