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Join us for an evening where coffee and culture collide in two unforgettable films exploring labor, resilience, and a touch of absurdity.
The feature documentary THE EMPTY CHAIR offers an intimate look at the young Starbucks workers—many of them queer and transgender—who dared to challenge a corporate giant. This underdog story captures their fight for dignity and fair working conditions, charting the highs and lows of a grassroots union movement that reignited the spirit of labor activism across the country.
Balancing the serious with the satirical, the short narrative film CAST & BREW takes us behind the scenes of a film set teetering on collapse when coffee—the crew’s lifeblood—runs out. With a demanding lead actor, frazzled AD, and a global coffee shortage brewing, the film hilariously mirrors the chaos of both filmmaking and our caffeine-fueled culture.
Together, these films spark a lively conversation about work, power, and the rituals—be they unions or coffee—that keep us going.
Note: Films are unrated by the MPAA. Program is current at time of publication and titles may be subject to change.