SCREENING: "Driving the American Dream" and "YO! Taxi" This Friday
This Friday at 7pm join us for a screening of two important independent films about the life, work, and organizing of taxi drivers in Philadelphia.
Taxi drivers are 60 times more likely to be assaulted or killed on the job than people in any other occupation. The Unified Taxi Workers Alliance (UTWA) has led the charge to make sure all people who come in contact with the taxi industry -- whether drivers or passengers -- are afforded the rights they deserve as human beings.
With landmark legislation in front of the PA House of Representatives to ensure workers compensation for drivers injured or killed on the job there couldn't be a more important time to watch and learn from the stories of drivers across our city.
Come to Scribe Video Center at 4212 Chestnut St, 3rd floor on Friday June 11th, at 7pm to watch.
And if you can't make the screening, make sure you support the work of taxi drivers and sign on to the petition for workers compensation.
DRIVING THE AMERICAN DREAM: PHILADELPHIA TAXI INDUSTRY'S NEED FOR WORKERS' COMP
A film by Media Mobilizing Project
Chris Filippone and Chris Rogy
An exploration into the role and effect lawmakers and state regulators play in the lives of Philadelphia's taxi drivers, DRIVING THE AMERICAN DREAM reveals the very real and lived experiences of poor and working-poor drivers who struggle each day to provide for their families. (2009, 15 minutes)
YO! TAXI
A film by Termite TV Collective
Anula Shetty, Deborah Rudman & Michael Kuetemeyer
YO! TAXI is a firsthand account of the real issues, struggles and circumstances on the job from members of the Unified Taxi Workers Alliance of Pennsylvania. Taxi workers of diverse backgrounds and ethnicities share stories of their lives allowing the passenger (or viewer) to get behind the driver's seat and better understand who is at the wheel. Created as part of Termite TV's Life Stories Project. (2009, 28 minutes)
Hosted by Unified Taxi Workers Alliance, Scribe Video Center, Termite TV Collective, PhillyCAM and Media Mobilizing Project.
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