Join us for two films and a reception for the Nou Akoma Nou Sineji Haitian Dominican Transnational Film Festival!

Domsey on Strike (Domsey an Grèv) -Domsey on Strike chronicles the historic labor struggle waged by predominantly Haitian immigrant workers at Domsey International, a massive textile sorting factory in Brooklyn. Filmed on-site by Matthew Noyes, Gillane Seaborne, and Stan Joseph during the height of the labor dispute, the documentary captures workers organizing against wage theft, racism, psychological abuse, sexual harassment, restrictions on bathroom breaks, and other exploitative working conditions.

The Ones Who Bought Bushwick: an EVC youth made film about gentrification and its impact on the culture of Bushwick

6 PM Reception followed by the films and directors

Presented by the Documentary Forum at CCNY, MCA, MFA Film, the Black Studies Department, the Jewish Studies program and Third World Newsreel

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