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Bread and Roses / 20007.047 voti
Maya, ha raggiunto Los Angeles in forma clandestina correndo anche dei gravi rischi e ha trovato un lavoro in un'impresa di pulizie grazie alla sorella Rosa. Un giorno aiuta uno sconosciuto a sfuggire dalle mani di Perez, il capo degli operai. Si tratta di Sam, un sindacalista che vorrebbe che i lavoratori scioperassero contro un'impresa che aumenta gli introiti e diminuisce gli stipendi. Ma non è facile spingere alla protesta chi ha assoluto bisogno di quel lavoro e, come Rosa, non vuole tornare a vivere in una condizione di cui Maya non ha mai saputo nulla..
Vai alla scheda del filmBread & Roses / 2023
Bread and Roses offers a powerful window into the seismic impact on women’s rights and livelihoods after Kabul fell to the Taliban in 2021. The film follows three women, in real time, as they fight to recover their autonomy. Mani captures the spirit and resilience of Afghan women through her raw, intimate depiction of their harrowing plight.
Bread & Roses / 1993
Based upon the life of activist and trade unionist (and later MP) Sonja Davies. The film covers her life up to 1956, when, at age 33, she was elected to the Nelson Hospital Board. During this period she develops strong socialist beliefs, marries and divorces, at age 17 trains as a nurse, has a romance (and a child) with an American marine who is killed in WWII action. She battles tuberculosis and marries a former boyfriend when he returns from the war. She becomes part of a women's ill-fated campaign to save the Nelson railway line from closure and begins to be elected to political bodies.
Vai alla scheda del filmHoward Zinn: A People's History of the United States / 2015
Between 1900 and 1920 more than 14 million immigrants arrived in the US, like Howard Zinn's parents. They came fleeing poverty or war, or racism, or religious persecution. They dreamed of a promised land, of wealth, or simply of a better life.