Bottom Dollars
Directed by Jordan Melograna
55 Min | English | US | 2018 | Documentary
disabilities,employment,homeless,jobs,money,multiple disabilities,social issues | Feature | Open Captions | Audio Description
Producer: David Carlson, Jordan Melograna, Tina Pinedo, & Mark Stroh | NYC Premiere
Business, Disability Rights, Employment, Finance, Social issues
The 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act created the revolutionary workers’ rights protection: the minimum wage. Yet as the film uncovers, Section 14(c) still provides a terrible and abusive exemption that allows employers to pay “special minimum wages”—wages less than the Federal minimum wage—“to workers who have disabilities.”
Past Screenings
Bottom Dollars | Tuesday Mar 13, 2018 | 5:00 PM | NYPL: 67th Street Library
Bottom Dollars | Sunday Mar 11, 2018 | 12:00 PM | Whitney Museum of American Art
Bottom Dollars | Friday Mar 9, 2018 | 2:00 PM | NYPL: Mid-Manhattan Library at 42nd Street
Disabilities featured:
Hearing Loss and Deafness, Intellectual Disability, Learning Disability, Mental Health, Multiple Disabilities, Physical Disability, Speech and Language Disorders, Vision Loss and Blindness
Bottom Dollars
Presenting Festivals
Bottom Dollars | Tuesday Mar 13, 2018 | 5:00 PM | NYPL: 67th Street Library
Bottom Dollars | Sunday Mar 11, 2018 | 12:00 PM | Whitney Museum of American Art
Bottom Dollars | Friday Mar 9, 2018 | 2:00 PM | NYPL: Mid-Manhattan Library at 42nd Street
