BLUE COLLAR

November 24 – 26, 2023
Blue Collar
When Detroit autoworkers Zeke (Richard Pryor), Jerry (Harvey Keitel) and Smokey (Yaphet Kotto) find bills piling up and pressures bearing down, they decide to take matters into their own hands. Paul Schrader creates a brutal vision of the low wage and huge debt that traps workers between big industry and big labor. Featuring Pryor in a rare, brilliant dramatic performance.
Dir: Paul Schrader / 1978 / US / 114 min 

“Schrader keeps our interests rooted at all times with this trio of characters, and through them pushes important conversational topics around labor exploitation and the perpetual dehumanization of the workforce under capitalism.” – Mitchell Beaupre, Paste Magazine

“It is an angry, radical movie about the vise that traps workers between big industry and big labor. It’s also an enormously entertaining movie.” – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

SCREENING: FRI 11/24 4PM; SAT 11/25 4PM; SUN 11/26 7PM