AV-Medium
Waltham, Mass. : National Center for Jewish Film
Language:
English
Pages:
58 Min.
,
NTSC
,
s/w
Year of publication:
2009
Keywords:
Einwanderung
;
Dokumentarfilm
;
USA
Abstract:
This documentary, sponsored by the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, chronicles the history of the garment workers from 1900 to 1964. Opening with the flood of immigrants that poured through Ellis Island in the early 1900s, the film goes on to unveil dim Lower East Side sweatshops, coal mines and textile mills filled with children, the battlefields of World War I, and the anxious years of the Depression. In this setting we see the immigrants struggle to become part of their new country and labor's brutal battle to organize into a united movement during the 1930s. Actual footage of the Memorial Day Massacre at Republic Steel brings the power of authenticity to these scenes. The film moves through World War II and the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s, as each generation fights to preserve and expand its freedom.
Note:
Orig.: USA, 1964
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