Please note that dates are subject to change, please check your local listings to confirm. If SHIFT CHANGE has already aired on your local station, please check the station’s website, as broadcasts are often available online for up to two weeks.

Would you like to help get SHIFT CHANGE on your local PBS station? Contact your PBS affiliate via their viewer comment lines and social media networks to let them know! Find your station’s contact information here >

PBS broadcast schedule 10-6-14 (PDF)

Because KCTS-9 also broadcasts via KYVE-47 and various cable and satellite channels, SHIFT CHANGE will be seen throughout the Northwest and in many parts of Canada.

Please spread the word by sharing the SHIFT CHANGE broadcast information with your friends and social networks. This summer, SHIFT CHANGE will air nationally on PBS. Your efforts to spread the word about the April 6 broadcast will help ensure great viewership and build momentum for the national screening!

WHERE TO WATCH!

SHIFT CHANGE will air on KCTS-9, KYVE-47, and various cable and satellite channels. Check your local listings.

KCTS-9 is seen throughout Western Washington (including Olympia and Tacoma) and throughout southwestern British Columbia, as well as across Canada.

Click here to view a map of the KCTS broadcast range >

KYVE-47 serves Central Washington (including Yakima and Ellensburg).

Click here to view a map of the KYVE broadcast range >

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The film will be introduced by journalist and GRITtv host, Laura Flanders; filmmakers Mark Dworkin and Melissa Young will host a discussion after the screening.

The New York theatrical premiere of SHIFT CHANGE is co-sponsored by SolidarityNYC, New York City Network of Worker Cooperatives, New Economics Institute, Green Worker Coops, Democracy at Work, Toolbox for Education and Social Action, and YES! Magazine.

TICKETS:  Tickets are $10 and may be purchased online at shiftchangeNYC.brownpapertickets.com. Tickets will be available for purchase at the box office on June 10 (cash only).

SPREAD THE WORD: Get the word out about the NYC premiere by sharing it on your social networks! Below are sample tweets and Facebook status updates you can use to let your networks know about SHIFT CHANGE.

Twitter

NYC premiere of new #doc @Shift_Change 6/10 @AnthologyFilm http://tinyurl.com/ShiftChangeNYC #coops #neweconomy #mondragon

Facebook

The new coop documentary SHIFT CHANGE [tag @shiftchangemovie] is coming to NYC on 6/10! Join me at @AnthologyFilm for a screening and discussion. Tickets are $10. Buy online: http://tinyurl.com/ShiftChangeNYC

Special Daytime Screening of SHIFT CHANGE

Monday, December 17, 2012, 11:00 AM

Gompers Room, AFL-CIO, 815 16th Street, N.W.

FREE and open to the public.

Prescreening panel discussion on worker cooperatives & job creation with:

• Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers
• Gar Alperovitz, Democracy Collaborative
• Liz Bailey, Cooperative Development Foundation
• John Cavanagh, Institute for Policy Studies
• David Madland, Center for American Progress
• Michael Peck, Mondragon

Evening Premiere of SHIFT CHANGE & Fundraiser

Monday, December 17, 2012, 7:30 PM

Landmark E Street Cinema, 555 11th Street, N.W.

Introduction by Omar Freilla, Green Worker Cooperatives

Q&A with Mark Dworkin and Melissa Young, filmmakers, to follow the screening

NOTE: $10 suggested donation to benefit cooperatives recovering from Hurricane Sandy

More info can be found here >

Co-sponsors for the DC premiere include: American Sustainable Business Council (ASBC), Coop DC, Cooperative Development Foundation (CDF), DC Labor FilmFest, Democracy Collaborative, Institute for Policy Studies, Metro Washington Council AFL-CIO, Mondragon USA, National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA), NCB Financial Group, New Economy Working Group, ONE DC, Taylored Communications and United Steelworkers (USW).

We were fortunate to have the photographic skills of Brooke Anderson, who documented both the VIP pre-reception at Arizmendi Bakery (one of the coops featured in SHIFT CHANGE) and also the screening and discussion that followed. Please enjoy these images from the event.

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Looking for SHIFT CHANGE in another region? View our complete screening calendar >

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCREENING 

When: Sunday, OCT 21, 2012 @ 7:00pm | FREE

Where: West Village F, Room 20 Auditorium | 40A Leon Street, Boston (View a Map)

Transit: Near MFA station (Green Line) and Ruggles (Orange Line)

Event Details: Reception at 6pm with coffee from Equal Exchange and light snacks from local vendors. A Q&A with filmmakers Melissa Young and Mark Dworkin will follow the screening.

TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCREENING

When: Wednesday, Oct 24, 2012 @ 7:00pm | FREE

Where: Barnum 104, 163 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA (View a Map)

Transit / Parking: Take #96 bus (Medford Sq via Davis Sq) to Boston Ave & Winthrop St., walk for 8 minutes); free parking in a designated lot, behind the Fletcher school, on Curtis St).

Event Details: Q&A with filmmakers Melissa Young and Mark Dworkin will follow the screening.

Boston Area screenings presented by: Boston Area Solidarity Economy Network (BASEN), a local chapter of the U.S. Solidarity Economy Network (www.ussen.org), and of the Intercontinental Social Solidarity Economy Network (www.ripess.org). Co-sponsored by: Equal Exchange, Trillium Asset Management, Red Sun Press, Northeastern University Social Enterprise Institute, Somerville Climate Action, Boston Collective Delivery, Ownership Associates, South Mountain Company, JP Forum, JP New Economy Transition, New Economy Institute, Cooperative Fund of New England, the Tellus Institute, Gurmylay: Growing the Green Economy, Al Campbell of the Union for Radical Political Economics SC, and Harvest Co-op. Also cooperating to bring this great film to you are the Worker Owned and Run Cooperative Network of Boston (worcn.org), Jobs with Justice, Democratic Socialists of America, Somerville Rep. Denise Provost, Dollars & Sense, Mass. Global Action, Jewish Labor Committee, Dorchester Community Food Co-op, Occupy Boston Sustainable Economy Working Group, and Boston Workers Alliance.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Rodney North, 774-776-7398, rodney@equalexchange.coop 

JOIN BASEN! Contact Julie Matthaei, jmatthaei@wellesley.edu or Wayne Clark, rwayneclark@igc.org

World Premiere Screening!

Thursday, October 18, 2012 |  Grand Lake Theater, Oakland, CA  |  8:00pm

Tickets: http://shiftchange.bpt.me 

The filmmakers and special guests will be joined by many of the Bay Area worker-owners who appear in the film, for this gala screening and celebration of the completion of SHIFT CHANGE. Special guests include Gayle McLaughlin, Mayor of Richmond, CA, Ted Howard, Executive Director of the Democracy Collaborative, and many more to be announced!

There are discounted tickets available for members of the Network of Bay Area Worker Coops. More info is available on the ticketing site.

We are especially grateful for the support of our Presenting Sponsor, One PacificCoast Bank, and our event co-sponsors: Network of Bay Area Worker Coops, US Federation of Worker Coops, Sustainable Business Alliance / Oakland Grown, Cooperative Center Federal Credit Union, Shoe Shine Wine, Arizmendi Lakeshore, and Inkworks Press. Media partners are East Bay Express and Shareable.

People attending the conference, engaged in many active, relevant, participatory breakout sessions, including “Converting a Business into a Worker Cooperative,” “Business Law for Cooperatives,” and sessions on “Immigrant-Led Worker Cooperatives.”

In one thoughtful workshop, “Building a Cooperative Ecosystem in North America” people discussed presentations from David Smathers Moore of the TeamWorks coops in the Bay Area, Hazel Corcoran of the Canadian Worker Cooperative Federation, and Bruno Roelants, General Secretary of the international organization, CICOPA.

We hope you enjoy these images and observations from the conference! Please click on the “i” icon in the upper right corner of the gallery window to read the image caption / description.