UCI International Film Club Screening of Blue Collar (1978)

Name: UCI International Film Club Screening of Blue Collar (1978)
Start: 2025-04-23T19:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-04-23T21:00:00-07:00
Location: McCormick Screening Room

by Illuminations: The Chancellor's Arts & Culture Initiative

Social Film Film Screening Movie

Wed, Apr 23, 2025

7 PM – 9 PM PDT (GMT-7)

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McCormick Screening Room

University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, United States

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Blue Collar (Paul Schrader, 1978)

Paul Schrader's directorial debut, this film is set in Detroit and environs and focuses on the lives of blue collar and ex-con workers trying to survive in a fast changing world. Richard Pryor gives a performance of a lifetime playing one of a group of workers who are caught between a corrupt union and a punishing employer. They plan a robbery that leads them to discover depths of corruption they could not imagine.

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McCormick Screening Room

University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, United States

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