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Sunday Aug 1, 2010, 7:30 pm
Los Angeles Filmforum presents Views of Labor:
The Los Angeles Premiere of
A BIENTOT J'ESPERE (Be Seeing You) A Film by Chris Marker and Mario Marret
and
AN INJURY TO ONE, by Travis Wilkerson
On the 93rd anniversary of the murder of Frank Little
At the Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Blvd. at Las Palmas, Los Angeles

The Los Angeles Premiere of a Chris Marker film from 1968! À BIENTÔT, J'ESPÈRE offers an inspiring look back at a time when workers, faced with intolerable conditions and job losses resulting from the nascent globalization of the European common market, took a stand. Marker and Mario Marret filmed the 1967 strike at the Rhodiaceta textile mill in Besançon, France.

AN INJURY TO ONE provides a corrective-and absolutely compelling-glimpse of a particularly volatile moment in early 20th century American labor history: the rise and fall of Butte, Montana. Specifically, it chronicles the mysterious death of Wobbly organizer Frank Little, a story whose grisly details have taken on a legendary status in the state. Much of the extant evidence is inscribed upon the landscape of Butte and its surroundings. Thus, a connection is drawn between the unsolved murder of Little, and the attempted murder of the town itself. Little was murdered on August 1, 1917. Filmforum brings back Travis Wilkerson's masterful documentary in commemoration.

Admission for Filmforum screenings: $10 general, $6 students/seniors, free for Filmforum members
Advance ticket purchase available through Brown Paper Tickets at
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/120380