First Things First

Producer of the Work / Filmmaker: 

the Philadelphia Unemployment Project and Scribe Video Center

Filmmaker Facilitator: 

Bryn Clark and Sande Smith

Year released: 
1991
Length: 
14 mins

The Philadelphia Unemployment Project is a group of unemployed and low-income workers who organize around issues affecting the poor, including campaigns for a fair minimum wage and the expansion of health care access to the uninsured. This video documents their past and present struggles, their philosophies and strategies that guide their work