Documentary
Filmmaker Gary Kaunonen of KCC-TV in International Falls just released a new documentary about a pivotal time in Northern Minnesota’s labor history. It’s called “Northern Minnesota’s Labor Wars.” The years 1916 and 1917 brought major labor uprisings in the mines of the Mesabi Iron Range and the lumber camps of the state’s far northern pine forests. These events not only shaped local history, but became vital turning points in the national and international labor movement.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Showdown in Seattle: Five Days That Shook the WTO
The War You and I
Shattered Glass: A WNBPA Story
Finndians
Main basse sur l'énergie
The Flickering Flame
For Twenty Cents A Day
Island Shunters
Wicker Kittens
Justice in the Coalfields
Union
Feedback
Mysteries of the Driftless
Conversations Between Shifts
The Road Taken
The Willmar 8
Wellstone!
The Seafarers
Freshwater
The Uprising of '34
SIMILAR MOVIES
Showdown in Seattle: Five Days That Shook the WTO
IMDB 0 | Dec , 1999
1999 documentary film, first broadcast in daily half-hour installments, about the November 1999 protests against the Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Seattle, Washington.The War You and I
IMDB 0 | Feb , 2010
With the unexpected dismissal of 2045 workers, the strike by Ssangyong employees has received the most public support and attention since the IMF. It was an intense period inside and outside the factory.Shattered Glass: A WNBPA Story
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2024
Shattered Glass: A WNBPA Story dives deep into the lives beyond the court of the next generation of basketball luminaries, Jonquel Jones, Nneka Ogwumike, and Breanna Stewart, as well as WNBA legend, Sheryl Swoopes. From intense off-season routines to the intricacies of family dynamics to navigating the politics of women's sports, this documentary offers viewers a rare, all-encompassing look at the athletes as holistic individuals.Finndians
IMDB 0 | Apr , 2019
A short documentary about Americans with Native American and Finnish heritage.Main basse sur l'énergie
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2018
The Flickering Flame
IMDB 5.7 | Dec , 1996
Documentary following dockers of Liverpool sacked in a labour dispute and their supporters’ group, Women of the Waterfront, as they receive support from around the world and seek solidarity at the TUC conference.For Twenty Cents A Day
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1979
A film documenting work shortages during the Depression of the 1930s and the attempts to deal with the unemployed, in particular young men. The film discusses the establishment of relief camps and projects, where men were paid twenty cents per day; the founding of organizations such as the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), Workers' Unity League, and Relief Camp Workers' Union; general unionization and protest of the unemployed, including the On To Ottawa Trek, Regina Riot, sit-in strike from May to June 1938 at the Vancouver Main Post Office, Vancouver Art Gallery and Hotel Georgia, and the resulting Bloody Sunday of June 19.Island Shunters
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1977
Short documentary on the shunters in the Darling Island, Sydney, Australia railyard. Filmed in 1977.Wicker Kittens
IMDB 0 | Mar , 2014
Every January, the country's largest jigsaw puzzle contest is held in St. Paul, Minnesota. Choose your favorite team and watch them try to put the pieces back together.Justice in the Coalfields
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1995
This film demonstrates how labor law has crippled the collective bargaining power of unions and weighed the scales of justice against working people. The documentary follows the 1988 United Mine Workers strike against the Pittston Coal Company that followed the expiration of their contract and Pittston's termination of the medical benefits of 1,500 pensioners, widows, and disabled miners.Union
IMDB 10 | Mar , 2024
Up against one of the most powerful companies on the planet, a group of Amazon workers embark on an unprecedented campaign to unionize their warehouse in Staten Island, New York.Feedback
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2024
A documentary about teachers' strikes in Iceland in the latter half of the 20th century with a special focus on 1995.Mysteries of the Driftless
IMDB 0 | Sep , 2013
What strange forces saved one isolated section along the Upper Mississippi River from the repeated crushing and scouring effects of glaciers during the last two million years? And what pre-Ice Age throwbacks survived here in this unique geologic refuge that holds more Native American effigy mounds, petroglyph caves, strange geological features, and rare species than anywhere in the Midwest? These questions and more are answered in this captivating new documentary. A team of scientists embarks on a journey of exploration to expose both the science and threats behind three unique features of the zone - rare plants and animals, odd geological phenomenon, and striking remnants of a Native American pilgrimage like no other.Conversations Between Shifts
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2021
A portrait of Chicagoland ICU nurse Jeanette Alvarez-Basem captured through the perspective of her son Ben Basem. Between her night shifts and Illinois Nurses Association union meetings, Jeanette navigates what it means to be a nurse and a human during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.The Road Taken
IMDB 0 | Sep , 1996
This 1996 documentary takes a nostalgic ride through history to present the experiences of Black sleeping-car porters who worked on Canada's railways from the early 1900s through the 1960s. There was a strong sense of pride among these men and they were well-respected by their community. Yet, harsh working conditions prevented them from being promoted to other railway jobs until finally, in 1955, porter Lee Williams took his fight to the union.The Willmar 8
IMDB 6 | Apr , 1981
Risking jobs, friends, family and the opposition of church and community, eight unassuming women begin the longest bank strike in American history.Wellstone!
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2004
Paul Wellstone was the charismatic Minnesota progressive who used grassroots organizing to get elected and give ordinary people a stake in government. His 3rd election campaign was cut short when his small plane crashed into the north woods of Minnesota just 11 days before the 2002 election. Wellstone! explores the origin of his politics, his controversial road to the United States Senate, his deep bond with his wife and 'co-senator' Sheila, and the legacy of a life of progressive populism.The Seafarers
IMDB 4.5 | Oct , 1953
Members of the American Federation of Labor, the Atlantic & Gulf Coast District of the Seafarers International Union commissioned budding filmmaker and magazine photographer Stanley Kubrick to direct this half-hour documentary. The director's first film in color, it is more of an industrial film than a documentary, it served as a promotional tool to recruit sailors to the union.Freshwater
IMDB 0 | Feb , 2022
Freshwater is a documentary that dives into the cold waters of Lake Superior along Minnesota’s North Shore. Despite the fact that it contains ten percent of Earth’s freshwater, this massive force of nature remains largely unexplored. One group of people, however, is intimately aware of its power. From the surfers who catch its waves to the scientists who study its depths, learn why Lake Superior is a precious resource that should never be taken for granted.The Uprising of '34
IMDB 0 | Jun , 1995
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.