My PEOPLE ARE MY HOME (Meridel LeSueur). This 45 minute creative documentary, made in 1976 by a Twin Cities women’s film collective, follows the text of several of Meridel’s writings woven with images of Midwestern people, particularly working class women. It captures and represents Meridel’s work with the artistic depth and edge it deserves. Free […]

My PEOPLE ARE MY HOME (Meridel LeSueur). This 45 minute creative documentary, made in 1976 by a Twin Cities women’s film collective, follows the text of several of Meridel’s writings woven with images of Midwestern people, particularly working class women. It captures and represents Meridel’s work with the artistic depth and edge it deserves. Neala […]

A monthly collaboration with A Greener Read Bookstore & East Side Freedom Library! 5pm at A Greener Read Bookstore >> Meet for Happy Hour and listening to music. Our focus will be a mix of South African music and folk music. 7pm at the East Side Freedom Library >> Screen the 2012 documentary about a […]

A monthly collaboration with A Greener Read Bookstore & East Side Freedom Library! 5pm at A Greener Read Bookstore >> Meet for Happy Hour and listening to music. Our focus will be a mix of South African music and folk music. 7pm at the East Side Freedom Library >> Screen the 2012 documentary about a […]

This new documentary (2015), part of a four part series about American labor history, begins with the deepening of the industrial revolution in the third quarter of the 19th century, and explores workers' efforts to organize unions in the face of ferocious repression from employers, private security officers, and the government. Co-sponsored by AFSCME Local […]

Join us at the East Side Freedom Library for a screening of the Academy Award-winning documentary, "American Dream," and a post-film discussion with Paula Rabinowitz, Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Minnesota and author of They Must Be Represented: The Politics of Documentary. Paula has donated a substantial collection of books in feminist […]

The East Side Freedom Library invites you to Labor Movie Night—"Plutocracy II: Solidarity Forever." "Plutocracy I: Divide and Conquer" demonstrated the power that the government and employers found in late 19th and early 20th century America in breaking unions and defeating workers' struggles through manipulating race, ethnicity, and nationality. For Tuesday, October 3 @ 7pm […]

The East Side Freedom Library, OutFront Minnesota, and Twin Cities PBS (TPT) invite you to "Out North: A Documentary Screening/Discussion about LGBTQ History in MN" on Monday, October 16 @ 8:00PM. After the social justice success through the early 70s, LGBTQ activists encountered backlash against expanding human rights. Out North – MNLGBTQ History explores some […]

Independent filmmaker Tom Selinski, a union electrician and union activist, of Duluth discloses some of Corporate America’s dirtiest labor dealings. Based on the 1928 book by Frank L. Palmer, whose historical investigation was ultimately validated by Senate hearings. This 70-minute film, set on the Mesabi Iron Range during the first half of the 20th century, explores the often-ignored […]

The East Side Freedom Library invites you to Suffragette: Labor Movie Night & Discussion on Tuesday, December 5 @ 7:00PM-9:00PM. Please join us for a screening of the film Suffragette. This recently made feature-length drama, inspired by true events and real historical figures, concentrates on the experiences and roles of working-class women in the British […]

Join us for a screening and discussion of the documentary film, "Hmong Pioneers: Honoring the First Wave." In 1975, at the tumultuous close of the Vietnam war, the Hmong people in Laos fled their homes, livelihoods, and culture and began to arrive in the U.S. as refugees. Since that time, St. Paul, Minnesota has become […]

The East Side Freedom Library and Metropolitan State University invite you to “Mother of George”: A Black History Month Film Screening/Discussion on Thursday, February 15 @ 7:00PM-9:00PM. Join us for a screening of the film Mother of George in commemoration of Black History Month. NPR’s Tomas Hachard reviews Mother of George as follows: “From the start, Mother […]