“Inequality for All,” former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich’s award-winning documentary about the widening income gap in America, will be shown in Oak Ridge in honor of International Women’s Day 2014. The screening is scheduled for 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., Friday, March 7, in the City Room (A-111) of Roane State Community College, 701 Briarcliff Ave.
Sponsored by Women’s Interfaith Dialogue, the League of Women Voters, Altrusa International, and the Sisterhood of the Jewish Congregation, all of Oak Ridge, admission to the movie will be free of charge.
The film will be followed immediately by presentations and discussion, led by Fran Ansley, distinguished professor emeritus of University of Tennessee College of Law, and the Rev. Jim Sessions, director of Interfaith Worker Justice of East Tennessee and founding president of the Working America Education Fund. Ansley and Sessions will focus on the impact low wages and growing inequality have upon women.
“Inequality for All” features Reich as he uses humor and a wide array of facts to explain how the issue of economic inequality impacts everyone, according to a news release. The film premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, winning the Special Jury Prize. It was later the Audience Award Winner of Best Documentary Film at the Traverse City Film Festival. The film was recently released in theaters nationwide and has now been made available for educational screenings.
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