TOWN OF WIDOWS - In a factory town both sustained and poisoned by big industry, a growing group of widows, workers and family members fight for justice in a system stacked against injured workers. Nicknamed “The Electric City”, Peterborough, Ontario, was home to a General Electric plant for over a century. Over time, employees of the plant and their families noticed more and more GE workers dying from cancer. Now, they're fighting for compensation and finding a "conspiracy of silence". (86 min, Canada, 2019, Directors: Natasha Luckhardt, Rob Viscardis)
THE GREAT STRIKE OF 1983, OR HOW A SMALL TOWN LOST ITS EDGE - A small mining town in Arizona was struck by two catastrophes in 1983: one of the largest floods in history and a strike to end all strikes. In this short stop-motion animation, family members who have mined the Arizona rock for over a century share their story. (6 min, 2020, Director: Bridget and Riana Johnson)