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The 2020 DC Labor FilmFest is alive and online! We continue our new weekly series with the classic "Union Maids," which Alice Walker called "the most energizing, exhilarating labor organizing movie imaginable. For the first time I could see for myself there really is 'joy in the struggle!'" Watch it Tuesday night with your comrades from the safety and comfort of your own home; see below for details!
- Chris Garlock, Director, DC LaborFest

Film
Union Maids (1976)
Tue, April 21, 7pm; online via Zoom
FREE; [link removed] register here
With special guests TBA!

Film Synopsis: Sitdowns, scabs, goon squads, unemployment, hunger marches, red baiting and finally the energetic birth of the CIO: the 1930s were a landmark period for the American labor movement. Union Maids is the story of three women who lived that history and make it come alive today. It was the first film of its kind-an oral history, using a wealth of footage from the National Archives to chronicle the fight to form industrial unions as seen through the eyes of rank and file women. The film was widely distributed in 16mm, including theatrical dates in about 20 cities.

Read the original NYT review here: [link removed] 3 Women Who Didn't Wait for Lefty

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