Join the Latin American and Caribbean Community Center at the Opening Atlanta’s 4th Annual Latin American and Caribbean Film Festival. The festival will take place at the Auburn Avenue Research Library of African American History, located at 101 Auburn Ave. on the fourth floor auditorium.
Tonights Films begin at 7:00pm followed by a Workers Struggles Panel.
Seeds of Rebellion by/por Federico Martinez
This is the story of student and youth workers in Seattle, Washington that share their stories as children of migrant workers as they organize and demand human rights for all migrant workers. Dirigido por Federico Martinez, este documental es sobre trabajadores y trabajadores juveniles y estudiantiles en Seattle, Washington que comparen sus historias como hijos e hijas de trabajador@s migrantes mientras que se organizan y demandan derechos humanos para los y las trabajadoras.
Price of Sugar by/por Bill Haney In the Dominican Republic, a tropical island-nation, tourists flock to pristine beaches unaware that a few miles away thousands of dispossessed Haitians have toiled under armed-guard on plantations harvesting sugarcane, much of which ends up in U.S. kitchens. They work grueling hours and frequently lack decent housing, clean water, electricity, education or healthcare. Narrated by Paul Newman, “The Price of Sugar” follows Father Christopher Hartley, a charismatic Spanish priest, as he organizes some of this hemisphere’s poorest people to fight for their basic human rights. This film raises key questions about where the products we consume originate and at what human cost they are produced. “El Precio del Azúcar” (Price of Sugar) cuyo subtítulo es “Esclavitud en el Paraíso” (Eslave in the Paradise) y que denuncia los presuntos maltratos a los derechos civiles y humanos de los braceros haitianos que cortan la caña en la República Dominicana. “El Precio del Azúcar”, fue producido en base al trabajo del padre Hartley, quien es considerado por los productores, como un importante organizador de los pobres en el hemisferio Occidental. El documental sostiene que los haitianos de las plantaciones, cortan la caña a punta de machete, teniendo que trabajar 12 horas al día, siete días a la semana, sin acceso a viviendas decentes, carentes de electricidad, agua limpia, educación, cuidados de salud y adecuada nutrición.
Panel Discussion: The Struggle for Workers Rights
Terence Courtney, Atlanta Jobs with Justice
Regine Jackson, Emory University
Federico Martinez, Seeds of Rebellion Director
Moderator: Ajamu Baraka, US Human Rights Network
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Last night, June 11th, was the opening of the Latin American and Caribbean Film Festival. The festival opened with two strong films, The Seeds of Rebellion and The Price of Sugar. Our films were followed by a panel discussion on Workers Rights and Workers Struggles. Guests of the festival were enthusiastic, shocked, and informed by the films and the discussion.
