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COUNCILWOMAN at Workers Unite! Film Festival


  • Cinema Village 22 East 12th Street New York, NY, 10003 United States (map)
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COUNCILWOMAN
(Margo Guernsey, USA, 2019, 57 min. In English and Spanish with English subtitles)

Politicians aren’t often full-time hotel housekeepers, grandmothers, union members and immigrants working service jobs. But Carmen Castillo changes that when she wins a seat on the City Council in Providence, Rhode Island. Carmen Castillo is a Dominican City Councilwoman who maintains her job cleaning hotel rooms, as she takes on her new role in politics. She faces skeptics who say she doesn’t have the education to govern, the power of corporate interests who take a stand against her fight for a $15/hourly wage in the City, and a tough re-election against two contenders—all of this while balancing the challenges of managing a full-time job cleaning hotel rooms, and a personal relationship. It’s a journey behind the scenes of politics after the victory.

Friday, May 10, 8pm
Workers Unite! Film Festival
Cinema Village
22 East 12th Street, New York City

Source:: https://www.workersunitefilmfestival.org/festival-calendar-2019/2019/5/10/opening-night-you-can-fight-city-hall-and-win-with-a-union
Earlier Event: May 10
U.S. Release of Brazilian Supernatural Horror Noir OUR EVIL
Later Event: May 17
U.S. Theatrical Release of THE WANDERING SOAP OPERA
 
 
 
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Cinema Tropical's programs are made possible with the support of the New York State Council on the Arts. They are also supported,
in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council,
the National Endowment for the Arts, and the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture.