Labor and Film LS214
Not currently offered
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This course will use films as a way to examine the labor movement and workers’ lives. Students will explore the various social issues and problems raised by each film and discuss how these issues are shaped by important social factors including social class, race, ethnicity and gender. We will pay particular attention to whether workers and their unions are depicted as passive victims of larger social forces or whether they are portrayed as participants in their own destinies. We will also explore how the films depict the relationship between the labor movement and other movements for social change.
Instructors
Alex Blair, Labor Educator