Bread and Roses

2000·Movie
1h 50min
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About

The Balance of Power Is About to Change

Maya is a quick-witted young woman who comes over the Mexican border without papers and makes her way to the LA home of her older sister Rosa. Rosa gets Maya a job as a janitor: a non-union janitorial service has the contract, the foul-mouthed supervisor can fire workers on a whim, and the service-workers' union has assigned organizer Sam Shapiro to bring its "justice for janitors" campaign to the building. Sam finds Maya a willing listener, she's also attracted to him. Rosa resists, she has an ailing husband to consider. The workers try for public support; management intimidates workers to divide and conquer. Rosa and Maya as well as workers and management may be set to collide.

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Crew

Directed by:
Ken Loach, Ricardo Méndez Matta, Sharon Swab
Written by:
Paul Laverty
Produced by:
Ulrich Felsberg, Rebecca O'Brien
Composed by:
George Fenton

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