2026 Judith Ann Schiff Women’s History Program Film Series: Made in L.A.
Saturday, January 31 (snow date Saturday, February 7) 7-9 PM,
Temple Beth Sholom, 1809 Whitney Avenue
Made in L.A. 2008 News and Documentary Emmy Award, Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story. The film focuses on three Latina women who work in Los Angeles sweatshops and are denied minimum wages and overtime pay, enduring long hours in poor conditions. It chronicles their three-year journey, from a lawsuit against Forever 21 to a community-supported boycott and settlement.
Each screening in this winter film series portrays some of the amazing women who have and continue to fight for workers’ rights, and raises the issues faced by women as clerical workers, factory workers, and teachers from around the nation. It serves as a prelude to 4th Annual Judith Ann Schiff Women’s History Program, A Wonderful Struggle, on March 1, 2026, 2:00 pm, at the New Haven Museum, which will focus on local Jewish women involved in labor organizing and unions.
Presented by The Jewish Historical Society of Greater New Haven, The New Haven Museum, Hilton C. Buley Library of Southern Connecticut State University, Whitney Center, and the Ethnic Heritage Center.
This film series is sponsored by the Jewish Foundation of Greater New Haven.
