BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1773@events.nfb.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240903T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240903T203000 DTSTAMP:20240807T001022Z URL:https://events.nfb.ca/events/nfb-community-cinema-labour-day-classics- program/ SUMMARY:NFB Community Cinema: Labour Day Classics Program DESCRIPTION:Please join us at the Establishment Brewing Company on the firs t Tuesday of every month for this ongoing series of free NFB films. This m onth's edition is in honour of Labour Day\, and features classic NFB films celebrating labour and the Canadian worker. The films are:\n\n \;\n\n 24 Days in Brooks - directed by Dana Inkster (2007\, 42 min)\n\nOver the c ourse of a decade Brooks\, Alberta\, transformed from a socially conservat ive\, primarily white town to one of the most diverse places in Canada as immigrants and refugees flocked to find jobs at the Lakeside Packers slaug hterhouse. This film is a portrait of those people working together and ad apting to change through the first-ever strike at Lakeside.\n\n \;\n\n The Structure of Unions - directed by Morten Parker (1955\, 11 min)\n\nTh is animated film examines the organization of labour unions today. While t he narrator in all seriousness outlines the structure of a union and the l arger bodies to which it is affiliated\, the animator ad libs his own view s with abandon. Examples are given to illustrate the functioning of a unio n at its various levels\, from union local to national body to labour cong ress.\n\n \;\n\nWhere You Goin' Company Town? - directed by Stephen W. Dewar (1975\, 27 min)\n\nThis short documentary examines the changing rel ations between labour and management in the long-established company town of Trail\, BC\, in which 90% of the workforce is employed by Cominco\, the world’s largest lead-zinc smelter. The metal workers in the town are ou tspoken about the health risks associated with their line of work\, and a debate about unionization ensues. The days of paternalistic management are gone\, and the emphasis is now on participation and involvement. An event ual strike over dissatisfaction with labour relations turns violent when m anagement\, union executives\, and workers clash over competing interests. \n\n \;\n"They Didn't Starve Us Out": Industrial Cape Breton in the 19 20s - directed by Patricia Kipping (1991\, 21 min)\n\nFor 200 years\, coal mining had been a way of life in Cape Breton. By 1920 things were looking up: miners were unionized and paid decent wages. Then the British Empire Steel Corporation arrived and bought every single steel and coal company i n Nova Scotia. BESCO cut wages by a third\, setting off a bitter labour di spute. The miners settled in for a long strike. Finally\, in 1925\, the mi litary ended the unrest with brute force. But the miners\, in one sense\, had won. They broke up the monopoly and provided an example to workers acr oss the country.\n\n \;\n\n Join your host\, writer/researcher for The Alberta Advantage Podcast and masters history candidate William Gillies a s he dives into the Canadian cinematic treasure trove that is the National Film Board Archives\, curating selections according to different themes e ach month.\n\nMore info at https://establishmentbrewing.ca/events?view=cal endar&\;month=09-2024 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.nfb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/08 /24-Days-in-Brooks_cropped.jpg CATEGORIES:Free Event,Screenings LOCATION:The Establishment Brewing Company\, 4407 1 Street SE\, Calgary\, A B\, T2G 2L2\, Canada GEO:51.014291;-114.062347 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=4407 1 Street SE\, Calgary\ , AB\, T2G 2L2\, Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=The Establishment Brewi ng Company:geo:51.014291,-114.062347 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR