Bread and Roses
"The Balance of Power Is About to Change"
Overview
Maya is a quick-witted young woman who comes over the Mexican border without papers and makes her way to the LA home of her older sister Rosa. Rosa gets Maya a job as a janitor: a non-union janitorial service has the contract, the foul-mouthed supervisor can fire workers on a whim, and the service-workers' union has assigned organizer Sam Shapiro to bring its "justice for janitors" campaign to the building. Sam finds Maya a willing listener, she's also attracted to him. Rosa resists, she has an ailing husband to consider. The workers try for public support; management intimidates workers to divide and conquer. Rosa and Maya as well as workers and management may be set to collide.
Cast
Details
| Status: | Released |
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| Release Date: | 2000-09-14 |
| Budget: | $5,500,000 |
| Revenue: | $706,876 |
| Production: | Parallax Pictures, Road Movies, Tornasol Media, Alta Films |
