The Uprising of '34 (1995)
Gênero : Documentário
Runtime : 1H 28M
Director : Judith Helfand, Susanne Rostock, George C. Stoney
Sinopse
Textile workers recall with pride the long- suppressed story of the General Textile Strike of 1934 when 500,000 Southern mill laborers walked off their jobs.
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