Archive: History

Other InformationReds (1981)

A radical American journalist becomes involved with the Communist revolution in Russia, and hopes to bring its spirit and idealism to the United States. 3h 15m 7.3 United States English…

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Other InformationThe Happy Lands (2013)

It’s 1926. Britain is taken to the brink of revolution only seven years after the slaughter of the trenches. Savage austerity cuts imposed by the government turn law abiding citizens into law breakers in a heroic battle against the state.…

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Other InformationThe Young Karl Marx (2017)

This entertaining movie is about the relationship between Karl Marx and Friedrich Engles and their development of communist theory in the context of the labor and political ferment leading up to the revolutions of 1848. 1h 58m 6.6 France English…

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Other InformationRadium Girls (2018)

A film based on the true story of factory workers who fought for safer work conditions after suffering from radium exposure in the 1920s. 1h 42m 6.3 United States English…

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Other InformationThe Cradle Will Rock (1999)

This historical drama fictionalizes the events that surrounded the 1937 musical The Cradle Will Rock by Marc BlitzsteinÑa leftist labor musical first sponsored by the WPA Federal Theatre Project and later banned after the WPA cut the project. The film…

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Other InformationDolores (2017)

In the 1950’s, a working-class wife and mother of eleven children helps to establish a farmer’s union, which later develops into a platform for feminism and gender equality. 1h 35m 7.3 United States English…

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Other InformationCananea (1978)

The Cananea strike took place in June 1906. This is the true story of strikers in the American owned mine. Cananea is a city in the northern Mexican state of Sonora. 2h 3m 6.8 Mexico Spanish…

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Other InformationFriends & Enemies (1987)

One thousand power workers went on strike against the South East Queensland Electrical Board (SEQEB)in February 1985 in protest against the introduction of contract worker hire. This documentary details the industrial relations dispute between the ensuing Joh Bjelke Peterson coalition…

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Other InformationPrairie Fire: The Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 (1999)

On May 15, 1919, the largest labour uprising in Canadian history saw 25,000 people, virtually every working man and woman in Canada’s third largest city, walk off their jobs. Winnipeg was paralyzed. The country was in shock and in fear.…

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Other InformationHarry Bridges: A Man and His Union (1992)

Harry Bridges was a critical and central figure in the San Francisco General Strike and this documentary provides a vivid view of his life and response not only to the issues in the strike but also to the massive effort…

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