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The hand that feeds / a Jubilee Films production ; in association with Latino Public Broadcasting, Chicken & Egg Pictures, and Vineyard Point Productions ; written, directed and produced by Rachel Lears, Robin Blotnick.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Service industries workers--United States--Economic conditions.
- Service industries workers.
- Immigrants--Employment--Social conditions.
- Immigrants.
- Foreign workers--United States.
- Foreign workers.
- Fast food restaurants--Law and legislation.
- Social conditions.
- Economic conditions.
- United States.
- Fast food restaurants--Law and legislation--United States.
- Fast food restaurants.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (84 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Oley, Pennsylvania] : [Distributed by Bullfrog Films], [2016]
- Language Note:
- In English and Spanish with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- At a popular bakery café, residents of New York's Upper East Side get bagels and coffee served with a smile 24 hours a day. But behind the scenes, undocumented immigrant workers face sub-legal wages, dangerous machinery, and abusive managers who will fire them for calling in sick. Mild-mannered sandwich maker Mahoma López has never been interested in politics, but in January 2012, he convinces a small group of his co-workers to fight back. Risking deportation and the loss of their livelihood, the workers team up with a diverse crew of innovative young organizers and take the unusual step of forming their own independent union, launching themselves on a journey that will test the limits of their resolve. In one roller-coaster year, they must overcome a shocking betrayal and a two-month lockout. Lawyers will battle in back rooms, Occupy Wall Street protesters will take over the restaurant, and a picket line will divide the neighborhood. If they can win a contract, it will set a historic precedent for low-wage workers across the country. But whatever happens, Mahoma and his coworkers will never be exploited again.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Rachel Lears ; editors, Robin Blotnick, David Meneses ; original score composed by Ryan Blotnick.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: Jubilee Films, ©2014; previously released in 2015.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed February 19, 2016).
- Publisher Number:
- bf-hand Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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