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Comme des Lions “Like lions” Lets Fight Like Lions (115 min.) 2016

Berkeley City College Auditorium 2050 Center St., Berkeley

Free | Director: Françoise Davisse | This documentary film traces the struggle of workers of the PSA plant in Aulnay-sous-Bois, a poor suburb of Paris, against management’s threat to close the plant. The title comes from the slogan of the strikers, “Let’s fight like lions!” The conflict is experienced “from the inside,” showing the workers’ debates and reactions on a day-to-day basis, from 2013-2015.

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Woody Guthrie’s Birthday & Homestead Strike : The River Ran Red (58 min.) 2012

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Hall 1924 Cedar St., Berkeley

Free | by Steffi domike & Nicole fauteux (The River Ran Red) and Jimmy Kelly (music) | Join labor musician Jimmy Kelly in commemorating the life and songs of Woody Guthrie and his birthday. Guthrie, a people and worker’s musician, traveled coast-to-coast singing about striking workers and people in struggle.

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