[guerilla-drive-in] Matewan with GDI and Reel Works on Friday May 4 at the Green Station

Since 2002 · 175 showings · 15 locations · Always Free Santa Cruz Guerilla Drive In with Reel Work Film Fest Presents MATEWAN Award winning portrayal of a significant incident in the history of union organizing in the U.S. coal industry. The 1920-21 Coal Wars was a dramatic conflict that occurred in a small mining town in the hills of West Virginia and ignited a powder keg of racial hostility, corruption and betrayal. Friday May 4, 8:15pm The Green Station 433 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz Corner of Ocean Street & Soquel Avenue Bus: route 69 Always Free! PLUS thrilling short films about issues with modern coal mining, an intermission, great company and a guaranteed good time! BRING blankets, pillows, anything you need to be comfortable in the great outdoors, friends, snacks to share. Donations to support the project are more than welcome. SANTA CRUZ GUERILLA DRIVE-IN is an outdoor movie theatre under the stars that springs up in the fields and industrial wastelands. Beyond showing great movies and bringing a broad community together, part of our mission is helping reclaim public space and transforming our urban environment.  Find out more at guerilladrivein.org REEL WORK presents cultural events, bringing together award-winning documentary film producers, workers, activists, students, and the public with the goal of increasing community awareness of the central role of work in our lives, to discuss economic and global justice issues, and to bring alive the history and culture of the labor movement in the US and abroad. Season schedule at www.reelwork.org