*Spectacle Theater presents* .... LABOR LOST AND FOUND
films by Mark Street, Lizzie Olesker, Lynne Sachs and George Franju Tuesday, Nov 28, 2017 Filmmakers present for screenings (Franju as ghost). 7:30 PM - $5 Spectacle Theater 124 South 3rd St <https://maps.google.com/?q=124+South+3rd+St&entry=gmail&source=g>. (in Williamsburg, near Bedford St.) Brooklyn Link to site:http://www.spectacletheater.com/labor-lost-and-found/ <http://www.spectacletheater.com/> *Looking at what we all do for some half of our waking adult life is always revealing. Once this particular level of inquiry begins it can address a myriad of issues including class disparity, existential questions and whether dreams are deferred or denied. Through interviews, observational vignettes, historical tracings these films investigate the world of work in unexpected and invigorating ways. * "Meet me at the bottom, don't lag behind Bring me my boots and shoes You can hang back or fight your best on the frontline Sing a little bit of these workingman's blues" Bob Dylan *Oiltowns* 41 min. by Mark Street, 2017 [image: Inline image 2] Link to film trailer: *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocBgEJSUPdI&spfreload=10* <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocBgEJSUPdI&spfreload=10> *Oiltowns* traces boom and bust cycles in and around the town of Williston, North Dakota. Interviews with oil workers, longtime residents, ranchers and the homeless focus on changes that have animated the small town. Pump jacks dig rhythmically on desolate highways, trucks lumber on small roads, gas flares in the distance, new homes are built at breakneck speed, abandoned RVs seem to rust before our eyes. A Turtle Mountain Native American talks about the rampant prostitution and drug use that has burgeoned as a result of itinerant workers arriving with lots of money to spend. Three drunk men banter in front of a trailer they share as the sun goes down. A former Chicago policeman sells hot dogs from a stand from 10AM to 10 PM every day alongside a highway teeming with oil trucks. *The Washing Society* *7 min. excerpt* by Lizzie Olesker & Lynne Sachs, 2018 [image: Inline image 3] When you drop off a bag of dirty laundry, who’s doing the washing and folding? This film brings you into New York City laundromats and the experiences of the people who work there. With a title inspired by the 1881 organization of African-American laundresses, *The Washing Society* investigates the intersection of history, underpaid work, immigration, and the sheer math of doing laundry. Catch a sneak work-in-progress preview of part of our movie! *Blood of the Beasts*20 minutes by Georges Franju, 1949 [image: Inline image 4] A shocking observational portrait of Paris *abbatoirs. *“George Franju’s 1949 film Le Sang Des Bêtes is one of the most beautiful and horrifying movies ever made. Filmed in the backstreets of Paris, Franju contrasts bucolic scenes of fog-shrouded streets, canals, deserted junkyards and children playing, with the nightmarish events taking place within two slaughterhouses. Marcel Fradetal’s stunning black and white cinematography turns the horrific into a brutal kind of poetry that if it had been shot in color would be unbearable.” -Dangerous Minds Preview YouTube video oiltowns trailer <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocBgEJSUPdI&authuser=0>
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