Bread and Roses
Bread and Roses ★★ 2000 (R)
Typical Loach political polemic—this time about union organizing of janitors (many of them illegals) in Los Angeles. Maya (Padilla) is an illegal immigrant from Mexico who's working for an office cleaning company. She meets union organizer Sam (Brody) who convinces Maya to join with him, even though she not only risks her job but deportation. Things go from bad to worse for Maya but Loach never takes the easy road and his characters are flawed human beings rather than mere symbols. English and Spanish with subtitles. 106m/C VHS, DVD . GB Adrien Brody, Elpidia Carrillo, Pilar Padilla, George Lopez, Jack McGee, Alonso Chavez; D: Ken Loach; W: Paul Laverty; C: Barry Ackroyd; M: George Fenton.
More From encyclopedia.com
Rose Pesotta , Rose Pesotta
Rose Pesotta
Rose Pesotta (1896-1965) was one of only a few women labor activists who fought diligently to improve the standards of Amer… William Rose Benet , rose in allusive or emblematic use, the rose typifies surpassing qualities of beauty, fragrance, and colour; it may also be referred to in contrast o… Union , union •antipodean, Crimean, Judaean, Korean •Albion •Gambian, Zambian •lesbian •Arabian, Bessarabian, Fabian, gabion, Sabian, Swabian •amphibian, Lib… Rose Window , rose win·dow • n. a circular window with mullions or tracery radiating in a form suggestive of a rose. Rose , rose, common name for some members of the Rosaceae, a large family of herbs, shrubs, and trees distributed over most of the earth, and for plants of… Gustav Rose , Rose, Gustav
ROSE, GUSTAV
(b. Berlin, Germany, 18 March 1798; d. Berlin, 15 July 1873) mineralogy, crystallography.
Rose’s family had a strong tradit…
You Might Also Like
NEARBY TERMS
Bread and Roses