Doc Watchers Film Screenings in Harlem

Place Matters (29 min) Why is your street address such a good predictor of your health? Latino and Southeast Asian immigrants have been moving into long-neglected predominantly Black urban neighborhoods. Segregation and lack of access to jobs, nutritious foods, and safe, affordable housing have been harmful to the health of long-time African American residents, and now the newcomers’ health is suffering too.

Collateral Damage (29 min) The lives and health of Marshall Islanders were disrupted when the United States occupied their nation and used their outer islands for extensive nuclear testing after World War II. Over 12 years, 67 atomic devices were detonated. After miscalculations on one of the largest explosions caused fallout to land on three inhabited islands, residents were treated, relocated, and tracked to study the effects of radiation exposure on humans.

Not Just A Paycheck (30 min) In the winter of 2006, the Electrolux Corporation closed the largest refrigerator factory in the U.S. and moved it to Juarez, Mexico, for cheaper labor. The move turned the lives of nearly 3,000 workers in Greenville, Michigan, upside down.  Before the plant closed, Electrolux workers led a middle class life—owning homes, buying new cars and taking vacations. As personal finances spiral downward, health follows.  In the year after the plant closure, the local hospital’s caseload tripled because of depression, alcoholism and domestic abuse. And the lay-offs not only affect workers but their families and the entire community as well.

Reception to follow screening.

Monday, November 2nd at 7:00 PM

Screening Location:
MAYSLES CINEMA
343 Lenox Avenue (between 127th & 128th Streets)

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