PREVIEW

Premiere screenings for Summoned: Frances Perkins and the General Welfare are scheduled! Free and open to the public. Most will suggest registering. Registration info to come soon:

SEP 22 The U of M, Mpls Ted Mann Concert Hall – 4:00pm
OCT 24 U of Southern Maine, Portland ME – 7:00pm
OCT 26 The National Archive, Washington DC – 7:00pm
OCT 28 The Historic Greenbelt Theatre, Greenbelt MD – 8:00pm
OCT 29 The Roosevelt House, NYC – 6:00pm
OCT 30 Columbia University, NYC – 4:00pm
NOV 3 FDR Presidential Library, Hyde Park NY – 2:00pm
NOV 5 The Lincoln Theatre, Damariscotta ME – 4:00pm
NOV 7 Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA – 7:00pm

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"Summoned: Frances Perkins and the General Welfare" Preview of a full length public television biography of the first woman cabinet member. www.southhillfilm...

Showing this afternoon on Minnesota Cable Network (MCN6): Mick’s film Muses and Mementos - interview footage with the elder Eugene McCarthy. For more info or to purchase Mick’s films visit: www.southhillfilms.com ... See more

Sen Dianne Feinstein on Twitter

Today is an anniversary all Americans should appreciate. Mick's latest project, Summoned: Frances Perkins and the General Welfare, is now in post-production mode. Stay tuned for updates regarding premieres and broadcast air dates.

For more info and to donate to this timely historical project, visit: www.southhillfilms.com ... See more

“86 years ago, FDR appointed Francis Perkins to be the nation’s first female Cabinet secretary. From establishing unemployment benefits to crafting the first minimum-wage laws, we owe many of today’s protections for workers to her time as Secretary of Labor. #WomensHistoryMonth” ... See more

Lawrence’s Last Word

To those who fret about the danger of “socialist” policies, Lawrence O’Donnell has a history lesson for you.

In the Last Word, Lawrence looks at Donald Trump’s State of the Union remarks about socialism—and tells the truth about the kinds of socialism Donald Trump never ever complains about, including the kind on display on Super Bowl Sunday. ... See more

Mick’s current project, Summoned: Frances Perkins and the General Welfare, is now in post-production mode! Premieres are being scheduled all over the country for Fall 2019. The documentary will air on national public tv stations by March 2020 for the 100th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage and Election Year! Watch the video pan in this post of the document FDR signed making her Labor Secretary in his Cabinet. He speaks in this clip about her work creating Social Security Insurance. ... See more

Humphrey on democracy

From film footage not included in Mick's documentary, Hubert H Humphrey: The Art of the Possible, Humphrey says, “It doesn’t really take any great competence to be an authoritarian, but it does to be a democrat, with a small ‘d’.” See this 90 second clip in which Humphrey, the scholar and statesman, defines what it takes to build a true democracy - and VOTE! ... See more

Hubert Humphrey talks about democracy in a 1976 interview with Bill Moyers

Photos from Mick Caouette and South Hill Films's post

Mick is just back from his 4th Annual visit to the Humphrey Fellows Global Leadership Welcome Dinner & Forum in D. C. He introduced 150 mid-career government and social agency professionals from 97 countries to the legacy of Hubert Humphrey.
To learn more about Mick's work and to donate to his latest project, Frances Perkins and the General Welfare, visit: www.southhillfilms.com ... See more

Hubert H Humphrey: The Art of the Possible

Longing for an educated and caring politician who works for the people? Hubert Humphrey was that person, despite some flawed stumbles. WATCH TONIGHT! TPT Life, 8:00 p.m. CDT: Hubert H. Humphrey: The Art of the Possible by Mick Caouette.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUVe1lkl09Y&t=12s ... See more

Mick Caouette is a documentary filmmaker who focuses on U.S. history and Sociology. "Hubert H Humphrey: The Art of the Possible" follows Senator and Vice Pre...

Zinn Education Project

Good to see the work of Mick's latest documentary subject, Frances Perkins, is entering our modern consciousness.
For more info on Mick's projects and to get DVDs, visit: www.southhillfilms.com/films/ ... See more

#tdih On March 4,1933, Frances Perkins became the U.S. Secretary of Labor (1933-1945) and the first woman appointed to the U.S. Cabinet. Having personally witnessed workers jump to their death during the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, Perkins promoted and helped pass strong labor laws. Learn about Perkins and many more women in labor history from the Zinn Education Project here: http://bit.ly/1q9mo7a Painting by Robert Shetterly, available for $20 as a poster from Americans Who Tell the Truth, see order info and bio here: http://bit.ly/1hH4ULp #WomensHistoryMonth

Teach about the teachers making #LaborHistory today in West Virginia: http://bit.ly/2tfwM8g #55Strong ... See more