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DC Labor Filmfest 2009

The AFL-CIO’s Metropolitan Washington Council, the Debs-Jones-Douglass Institute and the American Film Institute present an array of new films and beloved classics about work and workers from Oct. 13 to Oct. 19, including: last year’s Frozen River, which earned Oscar nominations for Best Actress (Melissa Leo) and Best Screenplay (Courtney Hunt); John Ford’s award-winning 1940 adaptation of John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath; Bound for Glory, the 1976 biopic about workingman-advocate folk singer Woody Guthrie, starring David Carradine; and a 10th anniversary screening of Mike Judge’s Office Space. Opens with Manufactured Landscapes, Jennifer Baichwal’s 2006 film about photographer Edward Burtynsky, on Tuesday, Oct. 13, at 7 p.m. Festival continues through Oct. 19. AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. Tickets are $10 to $12 general admission. Call 301-495-6720 or visit www.afi.com/Silver.


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