CLiFF Kitchener

After much consderation, these are the films we will show.

Six Weeks of Solidarity
Director: Victor Dobchuk • Canada, 10 min, 1995
A look at the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike, 75 years later.

Dear John
Director: Mark Lammert • Canada, 33 min, 2009
Chronicles the closure of Welland, Ontario’s oldest and leading industrial employer: John Deere Welland Works. The film explores what Welland has in store for its future, while helping those that worked at the plant tell their story.

Poor No More
Director: Bert Deveaux • Canada, 45 min, 2009
In the present economic crisis, many Canadians are destitute and many others are on the brink. Against this climate, a couple of Canadians go on a road trip to Ireland and Sweden, with comedian Mary Walsh as their guide, and get a chance to see how other countries have helped people like themselves.

School Zone
Director: Jamie Way • Canada, 6.5 min, 2008
Humourous video that explores the benefits and protection the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation has gained for members through advocacy and collective bargaining.

We have received the list of films selected for the Festival. We are making our choices and will release this list soon.

We welcome all visitors and supporters of the Canadian Labour International Film Festival (CLiFF). This is a first anywhere in the world: a national film festival. We are participating in CLiFF not only to show films about work, workers, and issues affecting both, but to raise the level of consciousness and debate about what workers face every day of their working lives – and outside it.