Labor in Illinois

Jane Addams Hull-House Museum Labor Film Series: Monday, March 26th, 2007 5:00 PM

Free Movie, Free Pizza and Conversation with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers
Co-sponsored by Latin American Studies and Latino Studies Program at UIC

Dirty Pretty Things is an Oscar nominated dark comedy by Stephen Frears about immigration and labor that is gripping, suspenseful and romantic.

March 26th, 2007
Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
800 South Halsted, Residents' Dining Hall, Chicago

Call 312 413 5353
Reservations are required as this is usually a sold-out event and seats are limited.

5:00 PM Pizza Served
5:20 PM Film Screening
6:50- 7:30 PM Conversation with Coalition of Immokalee Workers

Dirty Pretty Things
Okwe (Chjwetel Ejiofor) is an illegal immigrant working as a night porter at a posh London hotel, who stumbles across evidence of a bizarre murder and the hotel's dirty secret. He and Senay (Audrey Tautou), a Turkish chambermaid and fellow undocumented worker, venture into the city's seedy underworld to find out what happened and are placed in an impossible dilemma. How can they do the right thing given their precarious status? The film focuses on the usually unseen world of the invisible people who keep our economy running smoothly. Dirty Pretty Things is at once a gripping urban thriller and a political film that conveys intelligence and compassion.

Coalition of Immokalee Workers
After the film, meet members of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) to discuss the Behind the Golden Arches: McDonald's Truth Tour taking place in Chicago April 13-14, 2007. This is an action to fight for fair wages, stronger laws and stronger enforcement against those who would violate workers' rights, the right to organize without fear of retaliation, and an end to indentured servitude in the fields.

The CIW is a community-based worker organization, whose members are largely Latino, Haitian, and Mayan Indian immigrants working in low-wage jobs throughout the state of Florida. The CIW strives to build strength as a community on a basis of reflection, analysis, and constant attention to coalition building across ethnic divisions.

The Jane Addams Hull-House Museum is part of the College of Architecture and the Arts at UIC and serves as a dynamic memorial to social reformer and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Jane Addams (1860-1935) and other resident social reformers whose work influenced the lives of their immigrant neighbors as well as national and international public policy. The Museum and its programs make connections between the work of Hull-House residents and important contemporary social issues. More information about the museum and its programs can be found at www.hullhousemuseum.org.