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The wobblies / directed by Stewart Bird & Deborah Shaffer.

Bird, Stewart, (film director.). Shaffer, Deborah, (film director.). Kino Classics (Firm), (publisher.).

Summary:
Solidarity! All for One and One for All!₄ Founded in Chicago in 1905, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) took to organizing unskilled workers into one big union and changed the course of American history. This compelling documentary of the IWW (or The Wobblies' as they were known) tells the story of workers in factories, sawmills, wheat fields, forests, mines, and on the docks as they organize and demand better wages, healthcare, overtime pay and safer working conditions. In some respects, men and women, Black and white, skilled and unskilled workers joining a union and speaking their minds seems so long ago, but in other ways, the film mirrors today's headlines, depicting a nation torn by corporate greed. Filmmakers Deborah Shaffer and Stewart Bird weave history, archival film footage, interviews with former workers (now in their 80s and 90s), cartoons, original art, and classic Wobbly songs (many written by Joe Hill) to pay tribute to the legacy of these rebels who paved the way and risked their lives for the many of the rights that we still have today.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: [New York] : Kino Classics, [2022]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally produced as a documentary film in 1979.
Bonus features: interview with filmmakers Stewart Bird and Deborah Shaffer; interview with historian and author Paul Buhle; original recordings of IWW songs; trailer.
System Details Note:
DVD, wide screen.
Language Note:
English dialogue; English subtitles.
Subject: Industrial Workers of the World > History.
Labor leaders > United States > Interviews.
Labor union members > United States > Interviews.
Labor unions > United States > History.
Labor movement > United States > History.
Genre: Documentary films.
Historical films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Documentaires.
Films historiques.
Films autres que de fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at SPARK Libraries.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Albright Memorial Library DVD 331.88 WOBBLIE (Text) 50686016178407 Main Floor Available -

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