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This Week at the DC LABORFEST: May 1-4

Chris Garlock | Published on 4/29/2025

DC Labor FilmFest Opening Night this Thursday, May Day! Enter our daily raffle for a chance to win a pair of free passes! Congrats to this weekend’s winners: Brendan Smith, Annmarie Carmody, Julie Vitto, Michael Zielinski, Al Millikan, Rachel Gorlin.

LILLY - Thurs, May 1, 7:00 (Opening Night)
An ordinary woman’s fight for equal pay becomes a historic journey to the Supreme Court and beyond in LILLY—a powerful story of love, justice, and the cost of activism. Co-sponsored by Power At Work
Watch the trailer here

CALAMITY [KALAMITA] Fri, May 2, 4:45; Sat, May 3, 4:30; Sun, May 4, 8:15

Several years after her return from political exile, Věra Chytilová delivered Calamity (1982)—a subversive sex comedy turned sharp satire of Communist-era bureaucracy, following a hapless train conductor tangled in romance, red tape, and snowy chaos. 
Watch the trailer here

CLOCKWATCHERS 
Mon, May 5, 6:50
OFFICE SPACE meets GIRLFRIENDS in Clockwatchers (1997), a sharp, bittersweet workplace dramedy about four temps, office politics, and the bonds that hold under pressure. Co-sponsored by Power At Work
Watch the trailer here

Organized and presented by the Labor Heritage Foundation and the AFI Silver, the DC Labor Filmfest is annual series features a wide-ranging selection of films about work, workers and the wider issues affecting workers' lives. AFI Member passes accepted. AFI Member discount available for union members (must present union card).

DC LABOR CHORUS SPRING CONCERT
Sat, May 03, 3:00 PM

The DC Labor Chorus with special guests Joe Jencks and SongRise.

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