Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price, an acclaimed documentary film that investigates the destructive impacts of the world’s largest retailer which is soon coming to South Africa, will be shown at the Labia on Orange cinema in Cape Town on Saturday 11 December at 12:00am.
Walmart is infamous across the world for its attack on workers. Now it’s coming to South Africa!
Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price is a feature length documentary that uncovers the retail giants assault on America and the world by exploring the deeply personal stories and everyday lives of families and communities struggling to fight the goliath. A working mother is forced to turn to public assistance to provide healthcare for her two small children. A family loses its business after Wal-Mart is given over $2 million to open its doors down the road. A community in California unites, takes on the giant, and wins!
This event is hosted by the Cape Town branch of the IWW (Industrial Workers of the World), a democratic, worker-run union dedicated to organising on the job, in our industries and in our communities, both to win better conditions today and to build a world without bosses.
The screening will be followed by a facilitated audience discussion. Tickets are R10 and can be reserved by calling The Labia at . This is a once-off screening and we strongly recommended that you reserve tickets to avoid disappointment.
This event is presented by the IWW, the Labia and While You Were Sleeping, a Cape Town-based non-profit film collective committed to bringing progressive, non-mainstream documentaries with important social, political and environmental messages to South African audiences.
IWW:
While You Were Sleeping:
Andreas Späth
www.whileyouweresleeping.wordpress.com