April 25, 2016, 7:00-9:00 pm
South Campus Commons Building 1, Room 1102
(http://www.beyondtheclassroom.umd.edu/locationbtc.htm)
At a popular
bakery café, residents of New York’s Upper East Side get bagels and
coffee served with a smile 24 hours a day. But behind the scenes,
undocumented immigrant workers face sub-legal wages,
dangerous machinery, and abusive managers who will fire them for
calling in sick. Mild-mannered sandwich maker Mahoma López has never
been interested in politics, but in January 2012, he convinces a small
group of his co-workers to fight back.
Risking deportation and the loss of their livelihood, the workers team up with a diverse crew of innovative young... organizers and take the unusual step of forming their own independent union, launching themselves on a journey that will test the limits of their resolve. In one roller-coaster year, they must overcome a shocking betrayal and a two-month lockout. Lawyers will battle in back rooms, Occupy Wall Street protesters will take over the restaurant, and a picket line will divide the neighborhood. If they can win a contract, it will set a historic precedent for low-wage workers across the country. But whatever happens, Mahoma and his coworkers will never be exploited again.
Winner, Best of Fest, AFI Docs, 2014.
"A crowd pleaser...a captivating David & Goliath story." -- Anthony Kaufman, IndieWire.
"'The Hand That Feeds,' a documentary about the struggle of low-wage undocumented workers for a union and a decent wage." -- KPFK-The Michael Slate Show.
"A 'Salt of the Earth' for 2015 with a bagel shop instead of a zinc mine serving as the terrain of struggle. 'The Hand that Feeds' could not be better -- a masterpiece." -- Louis Proyect, Counterpunch.
Risking deportation and the loss of their livelihood, the workers team up with a diverse crew of innovative young... organizers and take the unusual step of forming their own independent union, launching themselves on a journey that will test the limits of their resolve. In one roller-coaster year, they must overcome a shocking betrayal and a two-month lockout. Lawyers will battle in back rooms, Occupy Wall Street protesters will take over the restaurant, and a picket line will divide the neighborhood. If they can win a contract, it will set a historic precedent for low-wage workers across the country. But whatever happens, Mahoma and his coworkers will never be exploited again.
Winner, Best of Fest, AFI Docs, 2014.
"A crowd pleaser...a captivating David & Goliath story." -- Anthony Kaufman, IndieWire.
"'The Hand That Feeds,' a documentary about the struggle of low-wage undocumented workers for a union and a decent wage." -- KPFK-The Michael Slate Show.
"A 'Salt of the Earth' for 2015 with a bagel shop instead of a zinc mine serving as the terrain of struggle. 'The Hand that Feeds' could not be better -- a masterpiece." -- Louis Proyect, Counterpunch.
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