Das Filmforum der HBK präsentiert im Sommersemester 2021:

Montag | 10.05.21 | 19:00 h

League of Revolutionary Black Workers & Newsreel
Finally got the news

(kuratiert und präsentiert von Rita Macedo)

A collective documentary of the struggles of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers (LRBW) in Detroit, as they battle the auto industry, and its conservative workers union, the UAW. The camera captures the workers on the picket line and in the factory, and ties their struggle into the broader historical and revolutionary struggles of Black workers. - Newsreel was formed in 1968 in New York and consisted of a group of filmmakers and activists dedicated to the creation of a radical alternative to mass media. Working in many decentralized film collectives in several cities, Newsreel produced films on civil rights, uprisings in communities and campuses, and many other political issues.

League of Revolutionary Black Workers & Newsreel - Finally got the news
56 min | 1970 | digifile (16mm) | bw | stereo | OVen | US

‘Finally got the news’ is a unique documentary that reveals the activities of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers inside and outside the auto factories of Detroit. Through interviews with the members of the movement, footage shot in the auto plants, and footage of leafleting and picketing actions, the film documents their efforts to build an independent black labor organization that, unlike the UAW, will respond to worker's problems, such as the assembly line speed-up and inadequate wages faced by both black and white workers in the industry.

[ Abbildung oben: aus dem Film „Finally got the news“ ]