The third annual Higgins Center Labor Film Series at the University of Notre Dame will begin Labor Day (Monday, Sept. 1) with the presentation of ?The Working Poor in America: Climbing the Down Escalator? at 4 p.m. in the auditorium of the Hesburgh Center for International 91视频.p. A documentary of the earnings and experiences of employed poor people in South Bend in the early 1990s, the 29-minute film was produced in 1993 by Notre Dame economist Charles Craypo, who will lead a discussion.p. The series, which is sponsored by the University鈥檚 Higgins Labor Research Center and is free and open to the public, will feature six more films throughout the academic year, all beginning at 4 p.m. in the Hesburgh Center auditorium. They are:p. ? Oct. 13 ? 鈥淭he Killing Floor鈥� (discussion leader: Daniel Graff, associate director of undergraduate studies, Notre Dame history department)p. ? Nov. 17?鈥淭he Devil and Miss Jones鈥� (discussion leader: Graff)p. ? Dec. 3 ? 鈥淐appuccino Trail鈥� (discussion leader: Layna Mosley, Rolfs Assistant Professor of Political Science at Notre Dame)p. ? Feb. 2 ? 鈥淢oney Never Sleeps: Global Financial Markets鈥� (discussion leader: Kwan Kim, professor of economics at Notre Dame)p. ? March 1 ? 鈥淏ill Moyers Reports: Trading Democracy鈥� (discussion leader: Martin Wolfson, associate professor of economics at Notre Dame)p. ? April 5 ? 鈥淏read and Roses鈥� (discussion leader: Teresa Ghilarducci, associate professor of economics and director of the Higgins Center)
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