An educational video comparing two "sweat-free" garment manufacturers in downtown Los Angeles, one union and one non-union: SweatX and American Apparel. Supported by a grant from the UCLA Labor Center and the Institute for Industrial Relations.
In the fall of 2001, Amie Williams of Bal Maiden Films lent her resources to a new non-profit, partnering with Elizabeth Horne, a former McNeil Lehrer reporter and television producer to form Day, Swing, Grave Productions (DSG). DSG Productions has since worked with various labor unions, the Latino Public Broadcasting Consortium, the UCLA Labor Center and other community non-profits to help develop videos for organizing purposes. It has also launched the first-ever WORKERS FILM SCHOOL, with support from SEIU and the Diane Middleton Foundation, training labor activists to learn how to shoot and edit their own videos.
Awards:
National Endowment for the Arts Grant, for VIEW FROM A GRAIN OF SAND, 2003.
ITVS Lincs Grant for FALLON, NV, 2002.
American Library Association (ALA) Top Ten Videos of 2001 for ONE DAY LONGER, 2001.
Paul Robeson Award, Newark Black Museum for ONE DAY LONGER, 2000.
Booklist “TOP TEN VIDEOS” Award for STRIPPED AND TEASED, 1999.
National Endowment for the Arts, Nevada Travel Grant, Japan Tour, 1999.
Golden Apple Award, National Educational Media Network, 1994 and 2000.
Slamdance On The Road Tour for STRIPPED AND TEASED, 2000.
Best Documentary, Rivertown Fest and Sedona Film Festival for Stripped and Teased, 1999.
Silver Award, Houston Film Festival for STRIPPED AND TEASED, 1999.
Honorable Mention, Columbus Film Festival, STRIPPED AND TEASED, 1999.
Best Documentary, Feminale, Cologne, Germany for STRIPPED AND TEASED, 1999.
Women's Film Fund, Paul Robeson Grant, New York, 1996.
International Documentary Association, (IDA) Wolper Award for UNCOMMON GROUND, 1994.
SONY/Streisand Award for Emerging Women Directors, 1993.
Best Documentary, Honorable Mention, SXSW Film Fest for UNCOMMON GROUND, 1993.
Eastman Kodak Product Grant Award for UNCOMMON GROUND, 1993.
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Peace Award for UNCOMMON GROUND 1991.
American Film Institute, Indie Film and Videomaker’s Award, UNCOMMON GROUND, 1993.
Motion Picture Association Award--UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television.
Director's Guild of America, Film School Screening Award, 1992.
Funding Exchange, The Women's Fund, Grant to Women Filmmakers, 1991.
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