Film · Documentary
The Wobblies (1979)
★ 6.7 · 7 votes1 h 29 minDocumentary1979
They were welded together by a vision we have forgotten... there has never been anything like them before or since.
Through oral histories, archival footage, photographs, and songs associated with the movement, "The Wobblies" tells the story of the Industrial Workers of the World, the radical union founded in Chicago in 1905 to organize workers across trades. Featuring interviews with aging Wobbly members alongside historical materials from early twentieth-century labor struggles, the film explores the union’s role in strikes, worker activism, and the broader fight for labor rights in the United States.
- Director
- Stewart Bird, Deborah Shaffer
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Release date
- September 15, 1979
The Wobblies was released on September 15, 1979. Where to watch in United States: OVID (subscription).
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The Wobblies cast
- Charles RydellNarrator
- Anthony BouzaHimself
Roger BaldwinSelf - Narrator
