The free screening is part of the Labor and Community Film Series hosted by the University of Minnesota\'s Labor Education Service.
Filmmakers Dawn Mikkelson and Melissa Koch will be present to discuss the film.
The film explores the impact of globalization through the eyes of the family of Roy Koch, a 23-year Northwest Airlines mechanic who joined the ill-fated 2005 mechanics\' strike.
One of Roy\'s daughters, Melissa Koch, inspired by the struggle of her father and his co-workers, borrowed a camera and began documenting the strike on film.
A novice filmmaker, Koch later teamed up with award-winning documentary filmmaker Dawn Mikkelson. (Separately, Mikkelson also had begun working on a film about the Northwest Airlines strike).
Koch explores the trail of broken dreams left by a powerful corporation, while rediscovering the meaning of family.
The film follows the Koch family as they meet workers in China and the southern U.S. who now hold the jobs outsourced by Northwest Airlines.
Still in development, "The Red Tail" tells the personal story of the destruction of working-class America in a global economy.
For more information on the film, visit www.redtailmovie.com.
Reprinted from the Minneapolis Labor Review.
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The free screening is part of the Labor and Community Film Series hosted by the University of Minnesota\’s Labor Education Service.
Filmmakers Dawn Mikkelson and Melissa Koch will be present to discuss the film.
The film explores the impact of globalization through the eyes of the family of Roy Koch, a 23-year Northwest Airlines mechanic who joined the ill-fated 2005 mechanics\’ strike.
One of Roy\’s daughters, Melissa Koch, inspired by the struggle of her father and his co-workers, borrowed a camera and began documenting the strike on film.
A novice filmmaker, Koch later teamed up with award-winning documentary filmmaker Dawn Mikkelson. (Separately, Mikkelson also had begun working on a film about the Northwest Airlines strike).
Koch explores the trail of broken dreams left by a powerful corporation, while rediscovering the meaning of family.
The film follows the Koch family as they meet workers in China and the southern U.S. who now hold the jobs outsourced by Northwest Airlines.
Still in development, "The Red Tail" tells the personal story of the destruction of working-class America in a global economy.
For more information on the film, visit www.redtailmovie.com.
Reprinted from the Minneapolis Labor Review.