The Uprising of '34

Name: The Uprising of '34
Director: Judith Helfand
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1995-06-27
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 10.0

199588m

★ 10.0

Documentary

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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