A documentary about the closure of General Motors’ plant at Flint, Michigan, which resulted in the loss of 30,000 jobs. Details the attempts of filmmaker Michael Moore to get an interview with GM CEO Roger Smith. Written by Murray Chapman {muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au}

This Martin Scorsese film depicts the Janus-like quality of Las Vegas–it has a glittering, glamorous face, as well as a brutal, cruel one. Ace Rothstein and Nicky Santoro, mobsters who move to Las Vegas to make their mark, live and work in this paradoxical world. Seen through their eyes, each as a foil to the other, the details of mob involvement in the casinos of the 1970’s and ’80’s are revealed. Ace is the smooth operator of the Tangiers casino, while Nicky is his boyhood friend and tough strongman, robbing and shaking down the locals. However, they each have a tragic flaw–Ace falls in love with a hustler, Ginger, and Nicky falls into an ever-deepening spiral of drugs and violence. Written by Tad Dibbern {DIBBERN_D@a1.mscf.upenn.edu}

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Un gruppo di addetti alle pulizie di un grattacielo di Los Angeles è continuamente vessato e solo l’intervento di un giovane e combattivo sindacalista del movimento Justice for Janitors riuscirà a ridare fiducia e rispetto ai lavoratori. PANE E ROSE era, appunto, la richiesta delle lavoratrici in lotta negli USA nel 1911. Written by rosebud6

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