The Wobblies (1979)
They were welded together by a vision we have forgotten... there has never been anything like them before or since.
89 min
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.
- Release date
- September 15, 1979
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Roger Baldwin as Narrator
- Joe Murphy as Self - Migratory Worker
- Violet Miller as Self
- Jack Miller as Self - Migratory Worker
- Irma Lombardi as Self - Silk Weaver
- Dominick Mignone as Self - Silk Weaver
- Tom Scribner as Self - Lumberjack
- James Fair as Self - Longshoreman
- Angelo Rocco as Self - Textile Worker
- Sophie Cohen as Self - Silk Weaver
Crew
- Stewart Bird · Director
- Deborah Shaffer · Director
- Stewart Bird · Producer
- Deborah Shaffer · Producer
- Bonnie Friedman · Cinematographer
- Peter Gessner · Cinematographer
- Judy Irola · Cinematographer
- Sandi Sissel · Cinematographer
- Stewart Bird · Editor
- Peter Gessner · Editor
- Deborah Shaffer · Editor