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The Twin Cities Labor Movie Night film series presents “Blood Fruit,” a documentary of the Irish workers’ anti-apartheid strike, on Friday, May 20 at 6 p.m. at the United Labor Centre, Suite 356, 312 Central Ave., Minneapolis.
In Dublin, Ireland in 1984, grocery clerks at a Dunnes grocery store refused to ring up the sale of grapefruits from South Africa. Their suspension prompted a strike that ran nearly three years, leading to Ireland becoming the first western country to ban the import of goods from the apartheid regime in South Africa.
“Blood Fruit” (Ireland, 2014, 80 minutes) is a documentary film telling the story of the young grocery clerks and Nimrod Sejake, a South African exile who inspired them.
Nelson Mandela commented, “young workers in Dublin who in 1984 refused to handle the fruits of apartheid provided inspiration to millions of South Africans that ordinary people far away from the crucible of apartheid cared for our freedom.”
Admission is free, donations welcome.
“Labor Movie Night” is sponsored by AFSCME Local 3800, AFSCME Council 5, AFSCME Council 5 Next Wave, AFSCME Locals 34, 552, 607, 1164 and 2822, IBEW Local 292, Teamsters Local 638, UNITE HERE Local 17, East Side Freedom Library and Minneapolis Labor Review.