WTFF7 – Feature Films & Medium-length Films Competition
Non-Fiction Film
By Yael Bridge, Yoni Golijov
USA, 2022, 34’
o.v. English, Spanish, Italian subtitles
Italian Premiere
November 12, 2024, 9.00 PM, Cinema Odeon
Synopsis In 2019, more than 30,000 teachers in Los Angeles launched one of the largest education strikes in the country’s history, led largely by women. When We Fight chronicles this wave of mass participation from beginning to a successful ending: a movement against the privatisation of public schools and for better living conditions for workers, students and families.
Directors’ bio-filmography Yael Bridge directed the feature documentary The Big Scary “S” Word about the history and resurgence of socialism in the US, premiered at Hot Docs 2020. She produced Saving Capitalism, which was nominated for an Emmy. Yoni Golijov produced the Oscar and BAFTA-nominated film All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, directed by Laura Poitras, which won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
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Directed by Yael Bridge, Yoni Golijov
Screenplay Erick Stoll, Yael Bridge, Yoni Golijov
Cinematography Yoni Golijov, Yael Bridge, Justin Garr, Helki Frantzen
Sound Chris Ward
Editing Erick Stoll, Katherine Gorringe
Music Jarrod Cann
Cast Cecily Myart-Cruz, Arlene Inouye, Gillian Russom, Sharonne Hapuarachy
Production Yael Bridge, Yoni Golijov (producers), Pamela Colen (co-executive producer)
Distribution New Day Films
Web Site whenwefightmovie.com