Organized And Presented By The Labor Heritage Foundation And The Afi Silver Theatre And Cultural Center, This Annual Series Features A Wide-Ranging Selection Of Films About Work, Workers And The Wider Issues Affecting Workers' Lives. With The Presentation Of A Union Card, Union Members Will Receive A Silver Cinema Club Ticket Discount At The Star Level.

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6:45 pm: 20th Anniversary - Good Night, And Good Luck

Good Night, And Good Luck. Takes Place During The Early Days Of Broadcast Journalism In 1950s America. It Chronicles The Real-Life Conflict Between Television Newsman Edward R. Murrow (David Strathairn) And Senator Joseph Mccarthy And The Permanent Subcommittee On Investigations (Government Operations Committee). With A Desire To Report The Facts And Enlighten The Public, Murrow And His Dedicated Staff - Headed By His Producer Fred Friendly (George Clooney) And Joe Wershba (Robert Downey Jr.) In The Cbs Newsroom - Defy Corporate And Sponsorship Pressures To Examine The Lies And Scaremongering Tactics Perpetrated By Mccarthy During His Communist "Witch Hunts." A Very Public Feud Develops When The Senator Responds By Accusing The Anchor Of Being A Communist. In This Climate Of Fear And Reprisal, The Cbs Crew Carries On Regardless, And Their Tenacity Eventually Pays Off When Mccarthy Is Brought Before The Senate And Made Powerless As His Lies And Bullying Tactics Are Finally Uncovered. Dir-Scr George Clooney; Scr-Prod Grant Heslov. Uk-France-Japan-U.S., 2005, Bandw, 93 Min.

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