Working Films

Working Films is partnering with organizers and filmmakers to bring urgent stories about workers organizing and building collective power to communities across the country. These screenings are helping spark conversation, connection, and action at a moment when all three are deeply needed. Your donation helps make those screenings possible. Support the tour by donating to our spring Courage Has a Cost Fundraising campaign - /donate/workingfilms-inc/courage-has-a-cost (link in bio) #courage #TRYUS #WorkingFilms #Solidarity #filmsforchange storyleadstoaction

Do you want to see more stories of people standing together, organizing, and winning, even when the odds are stacked against them? 🎥✊♥️ We just launched our COURAGE HAS A COST spring fundraising campaign to raise $10,000 that will support the underrepresented filmmakers and community organizers whose work we bring together through grants and screening tours. Find out more and make a donation now at the link in our bio!♥️✊🎥

In a moment of digital overload, gathering in community matters more than ever. 🎥@WorkingFilms ’ Screenings That Work program supports organizers across the U.S. with mini-grants (up to $500) to host film screenings that educate, mobilize, and inspire action for environmental justice. Whether you’re responding to a pipeline, data center, or dangerous policy, film can help bring people together. 🔗Link in @WorkingFilms bio to learn more & apply.

At a moment when the rights of immigrants are being attacked, a fuller story of immigration needs to be told to address the harms perpetuated by immigration enforcement practices and policies that extend beyond the crisis at the border. Whether it’s through raids, people being picked up at courthouses, or being forced to live in churches – families are being separated and attacked across America. You’re invited to Stories Beyond Borders, five short films that show a more complete picture of the attacks on immigrant families and communities. Beyond building empathy, these films lift up real stories of resilience and strength, while illustrating some of the ways people can give their time, energy, and resources to support organizing led by immigrant communities. 🗓️ This Sunday, May 17th 🕡 6:30 pm ET 📍 @lakecumberlandfarmersmarket 401 East Mount Vernon Street Somerset, Kentucky 42501 The screening and discussion is co-presented by Lake Cumberland Diversity Collective, Cumberland Chapter of @kentuckiansforthecommonwealth , and @workingfilms . #Immigration #ImmigrantRights #Empathy #LCDC #LakeCumberland

Join the Free Society People’s Library for an evening of film, art, and conversation in support of the campaign to Free the Mississippi Five. The night will include a screening of the film Calls from Home, an art sale featuring work by currently and formerly incarcerated artists, and a community discussion with Corey Devon Arthur, Loretta Pierre, and Garrett Felber. Zines and resources from local organizers will also be available throughout the evening. Thursday, May 28 6:30–9 PM at Partly in Portland

🔥 LAST NIGHT IN EL PASO: HOW WE CAN DEFEND OUR COMMUNITY FROM PROJECT JUPITER & WIN We came together to hear Maury Johnson—the West Virginia farmer who helped delay the Mountain Valley Pipeline for ten years—share hard-earned lessons from Appalachia on how El Paso, Las Cruces, and Ciudad Juárez can unite to do the same to the pipelines feeding Project Jupiter. Here’s what we learned: ✅ “If it’s wrong in Appalachia, it’s wrong here.” – Maury’s photography/videography proved that documenting violations (photos, water tests, cultural sites) can force the government to act—even when they’re in the industry’s pocket. We need more eyes on the ground documenting construction! ✅ “It’s here. You just have to build on it.” – The resistance in the Borderlands isn’t starting from scratch. Local groups like Fight Chihuahuan Desert Extraction (FCDX) are already organizing, and 7,000+ public comments forced NM to rewrite its energy plan. The foundation is laid—let’s construct the movement! ✅ “We made the Mountain Valley Pipeline too expensive to ignore.” – From organic farm designations (forcing costly cleanup) to view shed studies (delaying permits), red-tape strategies work. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) just protested a Project Jupiter pipeline for the first time ever because of Hold the Line Campaign’s pressure! ✅ “They’ll divide us—we must unite.” – Project Jupiter isn’t just a New Mexico issue. It’s a two-state, two-nation fight (El Paso-Texas, Ciudad Juárez-Mexico, Doña Ana County-New Mexico). Imagine what 20,000 comments could do! ✅ “Standing Rock is everywhere.” – The same Energy Transfer Partners that build the Dakota Access Pipeline and the Trans Pecos Pipeline are here. “Go home and organize your community.” Mecha del Chuco is doing just that! Missed it? The fight’s just getting started! #noprojectjupiter #holdthelinecampaign #nopipelines #BorderlandsFightBack #waterislife

🚨 MEET MAURY: A MAN WHO TOOK ON THE SUPREME COURT AND CONGRESS 🚨 📅 MAY 7 | 6:00 PM 📍 Café Mayapan, El Paso 🎟️ RSVP: Link in bio 💥 WHO IS MAURY? Maury Johnson is a West Virginia farmer and impacted landowner who fought against the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP)—a 303-mile pipeline that racked up 600+ violations, got blocked 8 times by federal courts, and forced Congress to ram it through in the 2023 debt ceiling deal. Even the Supreme Court had to step in to move it forward in the interest of their fossil fuel sponsors/investors. But here’s the thing: Maury and his community delayed it for years. How? By documenting every violation, building unshakable local networks, and refusing to back down—no matter how much power was stacked against them. 🔥 WHY HE’S HERE: Maury’s coming to El Paso to inspire us all and connect the dots between Appalachia’s fight and our fight. Because Project Jupiter’s pipelines? Same playbook. Similar bullies. Similar stakes. This is our chance to learn from a legend—and defend our Borderlands community from faraway decision-makers/investors who don’t live here nor face the impacts. 🎬 WHAT’S HAPPENING: ✔️ Short film screening: “Appalachia vs. Goliath” (The story of MVP’s resistance) ✔️ Maury’s talk: “How We Fought MVP—And How You Can Fight Here” ✔️ Strategy session: Pipelines to Project Jupiter—how to document, organize, and win ✔️ Food, drinks, and people power 💬 COME IF: ✅ You’re tired of wealthy-elites treating our land like a sacrifice zone. ✅ You want to stand up to Project Jupiter’s pipelines before it’s too late. ✅ You believe El Paso’s youth can play a big role in this fight—just like Appalachian youth did. 🔗 RSVP NOW: [Link in bio] 📢 Tag a fighter! #NoProjectJupiter #NoPipelines #AppalachiaVsGoliath #BorderlandsPushBack

Extreme heat is rising. Workers are organizing. Join National COSH and Working Films for the Without Shade Without Rest COSH Network Virtual Watch Party and learn how workers in Florida are fighting for heat protections on the job. This powerful documentary follows the work of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and WeCount! as they organize to protect outdoor workers facing extreme heat and dangerous working conditions. 📅 May 7, 2026 🕢 7:30 PM ET 🎬 Virtual screening + discussion Register now through the link in bio. #HeatJustice #FiredUp ____ El calor extremo está aumentando. Las personas trabajadoras se están organizando. Únete a COSH Nacional y Working Films para la Proyección Virtual de Sin Sombra Sin Descanso con la Red COSH y conoce cómo trabajadores en Florida luchan por protecciones contra el calor en el trabajo. Este poderoso documental sigue el trabajo de la Coalition of Immokalee Workers y WeCount! mientras organizan a trabajadores agrícolas y de viveros frente al calor extremo y condiciones peligrosas. 📅 7 de mayo de 2026 🕢 7:30 PM ET 🎬 Proyección virtual y conversación Regístrate ahora en el enlace en la bio. #JusticiaClimática #FiredUp

🔥 JOIN US FOR A SCREENING OF “APPALACHIA VS. GOLIATH” 🔥 📅 THURSDAY, MAY 7 | 6:00 PM 📍 El Paso, TX (Venue: Café Mayapan – RSVP via link in bio!) 🎬 THE FILM: “Appalachia vs. Goliath” follows Army veteran Russell and his community as they take on a massive fracked gas pipeline tearing through their mountains, forests, and streams. Their fight—tree-sits, lawsuits, and grassroots organizing—delayed the Mountain Valley Pipeline for years, proving that people power can stand up to corporate greed. 💡 WHY IT MATTERS FOR EL PASO: We’re facing our own Goliath: Project Jupiter, a $165 billion data center in Doña Ana County, NM, just across the border. Here’s the truth: ✅ Emissions: Project Jupiter is projected to emit 25 billion pounds of CO₂ annually—estimated over 3x the emissions of El Paso Electric ✅ Pipelines: Two new methane gas pipelines have been proposed to power the data center, plus the expansion of a 60+ year-old pipeline— threatening residential neighborhoods, land, water, and air ✅ Community Impact: This isn’t just about pollution—it’s about who gets sacrificed for profit. Sound familiar? It’s the same playbook Appalachia fought. 🗣️ MEET MAURY JOHNSON: Maury, a West Virginia farmer and veteran of the MVP fight, will join us to share lessons from the frontlines—how to document violations, build coalitions, and never back down. His story is our story! 💬 WHY YOU SHOULD COME: Because what’s happening in Appalachia is happening here. Because our land, water, and future are worth fighting for. Because together, we can stop Project Jupiter and the pipelines feeding it. 🔗 RSVP: Link in Bio 📢 Share this post! Tag a friend who cares about clean air, water, and community power.

Don’t miss FREE JOAN LITTLE tomorrow (Sunday, May 3) at 3pm in Wilmington, NC at Cameron Art Museum as part of the North Carolina Black Film Festival! The film chronicles a woman’s courageous fight for survival, whose 1975 acquittal challenged injustice and inspired a nation to confront sexual violence and racism. @ncblackfilm @freejoanlittle @redrubes14

May Day is for organizing ✊ Host a TRY US screening and bring your community together around what it actually takes to build power at work. These films are part of Working Films’ Docs in Action initiative, created to help people see the wins that are possible through labor organizing and step into it themselves. Screen one. Screen all three. Bring your coworkers. Your neighbors. Your people. Start a conversation that leads somewhere! 🔗 Link in bio to host #MayDay #TryUs #StoryLeadsToAction

Outdoor workers deserve water, shade, and rest. These basic protections can be the difference between life and death. That’s why documentaries like this one are so important. Thank you so much to the Tampa Bay community for spending their evening with us, our panelists who traveled from across the state to answer our questions, every organization who offered their support, and the Tampa Community Church for hosting us. We hope to continue sharing “Without Shade, Without Rest” across Central Florida, so let us know if you’d like to see it in a venue near you! 📸: Nawaal Harris (audience), Annabelle (panel + cookies), and Kayda (merch table)