 "If Stone Could Speak"
8/31/2008
| Labor Day weekend will be an appropriate time for the broadcast premiere of "If Stone Could Speak," a documentary by local labor filmmaker Randy Croce. |
The film tells the story of Italian stonecutters who immigrated to Vermont in the late 1800s, where they continued to practice their age-old craft, creating art from stone, art that continues to grace public buildings, churches and cemeteries across the U.S. The film also tells the story of the stonecutters' struggles against silicosis and how the union they organized in the 1930s ultimately won safer workplaces.
The film's broadcast premiere will be Sunday Aug. 31, at 3 p.m. on TPT Channel 2, followed by a second airing Monday, Sept. 1, (Labor Day) at 7 p.m. on TPT Channel 17.
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