Bread and Roses (2000)

09/14/2000 (GB) • 1h 50m

Comedy, Drama

The Balance of Power Is About to Change

Overview

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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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$5,500,000.00

Revenue

$706,876.00

Keywords

janitor

security guard

labor organizer

labor union

social realism

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