Bread and Roses - Latino USA Episode 425
01:29
Nearly a decade after he came up with the idea for Bread and Roses, screenwriter Paul Laverty was back in Los Angeles for the film's opening party.
01:38
He'd just arrived from his state of Scotland in the early 90s when thousands of janitors, mostly from Mexico and Central America, were beginning to demand better pay and benefits.
01:49
I went along and I met the people. I met cleaners who were activists and trade union organizers.
01:54
And they were fantastic people. And there was a kind of a spark to them that really got to me, you know, the way they organized and a real depth of human experience.
02:05
You know, and there was a determination to organize and change their lives without making a fuss or playing victim.
Bread and Roses
01:29 - 01:38
Nearly a decade after he came up with the idea for Bread and Roses, screenwriter Paul Laverty was back in Los Angeles for the film's opening party.
01:38 - 01:48
He'd just arrived from his state of Scotland in the early 90s when thousands of janitors, mostly from Mexico and Central America, were beginning to demand better pay and benefits.
01:49 - 01:54
I went along and I met the people. I met cleaners who were activists and trade union organizers.
01:54 - 02:05
And they were fantastic people. And there was a kind of a spark to them that really got to me, you know, the way they organized and a real depth of human experience.
02:05 - 02:10
You know, and there was a determination to organize and change their lives without making a fuss or playing victim.