{"id":7839,"date":"2014-06-22T08:44:50","date_gmt":"2014-06-22T13:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=7839"},"modified":"2014-06-23T07:51:44","modified_gmt":"2014-06-23T12:51:44","slug":"documentary-to-galvanize-the-public-filmmaker-needs-your-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2014\/06\/22\/documentary-to-galvanize-the-public-filmmaker-needs-your-support\/","title":{"rendered":"DOCUMENTARY TO GALVANIZE THE PUBLIC: FILMMAKER NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT"},"content":{"rendered":"

June 22, 2014 –<\/p>\n

I’m Jay Galione, a filmmaker and the son of a postal worker.\u00a0I\u2019m excited to share this trailer and fundraising effort with PEN readers and the postal worker community. My feature length directorial debut, Gone Postal, tells the personal story of my father, a postal clerk of 30 years, along with other workers who are harassed, threatened, and fired for standing up for themselves and their fellow employees. After embarking on a journey to interview workers and experts across the country, it became clear there is a problematic and dysfunctional culture within the Post Office that needs to be exposed. You know the story I\u2019m telling in this film because you live it. \"GONE-POSTAL-DOCUMENTARY\"<\/a><\/p>\n

As I continued gathering these stories with fellow filmmaker Sheila Dvorak, the very existence of the Post Office became threatened, and a fight to Save the People\u2019s Post Office emerged. We need a broader movement with public support to change the tide that\u2019s destroying the Service. By releasing this film we\u2019re going to make people pay attention. Right now most Americans have no idea what is plaguing the USPS. It\u2019s time to overcome the conventional story that the Internet is killing the Post Office.<\/p>\n

With leadership from workers, we can re-invent the Postal Service for the 21st Century. In the age of email and digital\u00a0communication, why isn\u2019t there a computer in every post office available to members of the community? The Constitution mandates the Post Office to \u201cbind the nation together,\u201d and there are opportunities to innovate and expand services, making the Post Office a more vital institution that can serve all of us. The truth is the large telecommunications giants don\u2019t want there to be a PUBLIC service that threatens their profits.<\/p>\n

The USPS has been privatizing, downsizing, and eliminating the jobs of hundreds of thousands of workers. If you haven\u2019t been excessed yourself, you probably know someone who has. The managers at the top want to get rid of jobs protected by unions that pay a living wage and benefits, and replace them with “temporary” workers who come back year after year, but don\u2019t get health insurance, and are paid low wages. In a time when many Americans are working 2 part-time jobs just to stay afloat, we cannot allow the Postal Service to be dismantled, hurting middle class families and jeopardizing our ability to communicate.<\/p>\n

The USPS is the cheapest and most reliable Post in the world and we need to protect it. You deliver 40% of the world\u2019s mail! The only way to reclaim our historic and public communication service is to educate, motivate, and inspire the American people. We must defend what\u2019s ours before it’s gone. That\u2019s why we need to release this film now!<\/p>\n

www.GonePostalFilm.com\/Donate<\/a><\/p>\n

Our goal of $50,000 will allow us to finish Gone Postal.\u00a0 This story cannot be told without viewer support. By becoming a supporter, you\u2019re saying, \u201cI want this film to be made.\u201d\u00a0 We are counting on everyone that values the Post Office and postal workers in their community to come together and help us reach our goal.\u00a0 You can also assist us in getting the word out. Tell EVERYONE and ANYONE about this movie and our fundraising campaign.\u00a0 Share this story on Facebook, Twitter, Email, or write someone special a letter or postcard asking them to pitch in.<\/p>\n

With the power of a half-million postal workers on our side, anything is possible!<\/p>\n

In Solidarity,<\/p>\n

Jay Galione
\nDirector, Gone Postal<\/p>\n

Watch Film Trailer Here<\/a><\/p>\n

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