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Orphans 9 in Amsterdam: Industry's Disinherited (1949)

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The documentary Industry's Disinherited (1949, Union Films) from UCLA Film & Television Archive screened April 2, 2014 at "Orphans 9" in Amsterdam.

A time capsule perspective on the still-pressing issue of workers' pensions and benefits for the elderly, Industry's Disinherited was presented at Orphans 9 by Yale University's Charles Musser.

Orphan films are works without an identified rights-holder or caretaker—or more generally, are works ouside of the commercial mainstream.  Orphan Film Symposiums seek to encourage the preservation, study and exhibition of these often neglected moving images.

More info about Charles Musser and Industry's Disinherited.

—John Kostka, UCLA Moving Image Archive Studies.