Borrow it
Coverart for item
The Resource Bread and roses, a Parallax Pictures, Road Movies Filmproduktion and Tornasol/Alta Films production ; with the participation of British Screen and BSkyB ; in association with BAC Films, BIM Distribuzione, Cinéart and Film Co-operative, Zürich ; and in collaboration with Film Four, WDR/La Sept-Arte, ARD/DEGETO Film and Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen ; producer, Rebecca O'Brien ; screenplay, Paul Laverty ; director, Ken Loach

Bread and roses, a Parallax Pictures, Road Movies Filmproduktion and Tornasol/Alta Films production ; with the participation of British Screen and BSkyB ; in association with BAC Films, BIM Distribuzione, Cinéart and Film Co-operative, Zürich ; and in collaboration with Film Four, WDR/La Sept-Arte, ARD/DEGETO Film and Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen ; producer, Rebecca O'Brien ; screenplay, Paul Laverty ; director, Ken Loach

Contributor
Summary
Maya is an undocumented worker who has crossed the U.S. border from Mexico to search for her sister Rosa, and to begin a new life. After being reunited, Rosa gets Maya a job with a janitorial service in a large office building. While working, Maya happens upon Sam Shapiro, a muckraking lawyer and union agitator whom the service-workers' union has assigned to bring its "justice for janitors" campaign to the building. Appalled at the work conditions and unfair labor practices, Maya and Sam team up to fight her employer
Language
  • eng
  • spa
  • eng
  • spa
  • eng
  • spa
  • eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 videodisc (110 min.)
Note
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 2000
  • Special features include theatrical trailer, scene access and more, accessed through interactive menus
Instance
Label
Bread and roses
Title
Bread and roses
Statement of responsibility
a Parallax Pictures, Road Movies Filmproduktion and Tornasol/Alta Films production ; with the participation of British Screen and BSkyB ; in association with BAC Films, BIM Distribuzione, Cinéart and Film Co-operative, Zürich ; and in collaboration with Film Four, WDR/La Sept-Arte, ARD/DEGETO Film and Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen ; producer, Rebecca O'Brien ; screenplay, Paul Laverty ; director, Ken Loach
Title variation
Bread & roses
Contributor
Actor
Screenwriter
Director
Producer
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • spa
  • eng
  • spa
  • eng
  • spa
  • eng
Summary
Maya is an undocumented worker who has crossed the U.S. border from Mexico to search for her sister Rosa, and to begin a new life. After being reunited, Rosa gets Maya a job with a janitorial service in a large office building. While working, Maya happens upon Sam Shapiro, a muckraking lawyer and union agitator whom the service-workers' union has assigned to bring its "justice for janitors" campaign to the building. Appalled at the work conditions and unfair labor practices, Maya and Sam team up to fight her employer
Awards note
  • Golden Palm Award Nominee Games Film Festival
  • Phoenix Prize Winner Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Cataloging source
CVU
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Photography, Barry Ackroyd ; editor, Jonathan Morris ; music, George Fenton
Language note
In English and Spanish with optional Spanish or English subtitles; optional English subtitles for the hearing impaired
PerformerNote
Pilar Padilla, Adrien Brody, Elpidia Carrillo, Jack McGee, George Lopez, Alonso Chavez, Monica Rivas
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1936-
  • 1961-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Brody, Adrien
  • Carrillo, Elpidia
  • Chavez, Alonso
  • Laverty, Paul
  • Loach, Ken
  • Lopez, George
  • O'Brien, Rebecca
  • McGee, Jack
  • Padilla, Pilar
  • Rivas, Monica
  • Alta Films
  • B.A.C. Films
  • BIM Distribuzione
  • British Screen
  • British Sky Broadcasting
  • Cine Art Productions
  • Degeto Films (Firm)
  • Film Co-operative (Zürich)
  • FilmFour (Firm)
  • Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen GmbH
  • Lions Gate Home Entertainment
  • Parallax Pictures
  • Road Movies Filmproduktion
  • Sept/Arte (Firm)
  • Lions Gate Films (Santa Monica, Calif.)
  • Tornasol Films
  • Westdeutscher Rundfunk
Runtime
110
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Cleaning personnel
  • Foreign workers
  • Hispanic Americans
  • Noncitizens
  • Labor unions
  • Illegal immigration
  • Undocumented Immigrants
  • Cleaning personnel
  • Foreign workers
  • Hispanic Americans
  • Illegal aliens
  • Labor unions
  • California
  • United States
  • Noncitizens
Technique
live action
Label
Bread and roses, a Parallax Pictures, Road Movies Filmproduktion and Tornasol/Alta Films production ; with the participation of British Screen and BSkyB ; in association with BAC Films, BIM Distribuzione, Cinéart and Film Co-operative, Zürich ; and in collaboration with Film Four, WDR/La Sept-Arte, ARD/DEGETO Film and Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen ; producer, Rebecca O'Brien ; screenplay, Paul Laverty ; director, Ken Loach
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 2000
  • Special features include theatrical trailer, scene access and more, accessed through interactive menus
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
157002227
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (110 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
658149788626
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
  • 71319
  • A071319
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)157002227
System details
DVD ; Dolby 5.1 digital
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Bread and roses, a Parallax Pictures, Road Movies Filmproduktion and Tornasol/Alta Films production ; with the participation of British Screen and BSkyB ; in association with BAC Films, BIM Distribuzione, Cinéart and Film Co-operative, Zürich ; and in collaboration with Film Four, WDR/La Sept-Arte, ARD/DEGETO Film and Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen ; producer, Rebecca O'Brien ; screenplay, Paul Laverty ; director, Ken Loach
Publication
Note
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 2000
  • Special features include theatrical trailer, scene access and more, accessed through interactive menus
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
157002227
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (110 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
658149788626
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
  • 71319
  • A071319
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)157002227
System details
DVD ; Dolby 5.1 digital
Video recording format
DVD

Subject

Genre

Library Locations

    • Portland Public LibraryBorrow it
      5 Monument Square, Portland, ME, 04101, US
      43.657680 -70.258550

Library Links

Structured data from the Bibframe namespace is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License by Portland Public Library. Additional terms may apply to data associated with third party namespaces.