Movies for the Day, Monday, September 4, 2017

Today is Labor Day, National Wilderness Day, and the anniversary of the founding of Los Angeles.  These three films relate to all three dates.





Edge of the City (1957) is a great movie about
the New York City waterfront featuring dock
workers and many social issues, including unions,
integration, and corruption.  Today is Labor Day.





Edge of the City








Vanishing Wilderness (1974) is a
wonderful wildlife documentary of
North America.  Today is National
Wilderness Day and September is
National Wilderness Month.





Vanishing Wilderness










Logorama (2009) is a police chase story
set in a Los Angeles made up entirely of
logos and mascots.  This 16-minute film
won an Oscar for Animation.  Los Angeles
was founded September 4, 1781.


Logorama