Students create event highlighting struggles of working class people<\/p>\n
A film festival produced by the Labor Studies 15 class is scheduled to take place April 24 to May 8 on campus and at the San Jose Peace and Justice Center.<\/p>\n
\u201cCitizen Koch\u201d will be the first filmed screened this Thursday. Oscar-nominated filmmakers Ta Lessin and Carl Deal \u2013\u00a0\u201cCitizen Koch,\u201d \u201cBowling for Columbine\u201d and \u201cFahrenheit 9\/11\u201d \u2013\u00a0will speak on the issues involved in \u201cCitizen Koch.\u201d<\/p>\n
The film will be an advance screening, premiering in theaters this June.<\/p>\n
Labor studies major Eric Acedo, 23 is the student organizer for \u201cInocente\u201d and Sophia Said is the organizer for \u201cCointelpro 101.\u201d Each student individually organizes a film.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re going away with the whole experience of talking to filmmakers and people who are interested in the issue,\u201d Said said.
\nThere will be speaker and a Q&A session after each movie.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a collaborative effort,\u201d said Jim Kelly, professor of labor studies. \u201cWe linked people who are experts on the issues and encourage participation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Several of the\u00a0films relate to the issues in the SJCC community. \u201cInocente\u201d is about a homeless artist, \u201cWhere Soldiers Come From\u201d is about coping with a friend going to war and \u201cCointelpro 101\u201d is about the FBI plot to suppress minority groups during the 60s and 70s.<\/p>\n
\u201cSpeakers for \u2018Inocente\u2019 include Society, from Silicon Valley Debug,\u201d Acedo said. \u201cHe has been a voice for the homeless in Silicon Valley and Sandy Perry of Community Homeless Alliance Ministry.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe class rekindles your spark in activism, which our generation lacks,\u201d Said said.<\/p>\n
Students are asked to bring a canned food item, which will be donated to charity, but admission is free.<\/p>\n
Kelly\u2019s class focuses on creating the film festival, but also analyzes leadership, reaching out to the community and working as a team.<\/p>\n
For the festival, students research about 30 movies, research guest speakers, book them to speak, write press releases for the films and write a resume with skills you achieved during the class.<\/p>\n
The 13th annual Reel Work 2014 Labor Film Festival will focus on economic, social and political issues.<\/p>\n
The festival is\u00a0planned around May 1 or May Day, which is when the eight-hour work day was established.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis event helps our event planning (skills) while creating something positive,\u201d Acedo said.<\/p>\n
Labor 15 is only offered in the spring. Students may sign up for immigrant leadership training, Labor 34, leadership and communication, Labor 24, and other related labor classes next semester.<\/p>\n
Visit http:\/\/reelwork.org\/ for more information.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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