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The Wobblies
Directed by
Stewart Bird
,
Deborah Shaffer
Not Rated
1979
89m
Documentary
,
History
7.3
90%
69%
6.7
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Investigates a nation torn by naked corporate greed and the red-hot rift between the industrial masters and the rabble-rousing workers in the field and factory.
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Cast of The Wobblies
Charles Rydell
Narrator
Anthony Bouza
Himself
Roger Baldwin
Self - Narrator
Stewart Bird
Director / Producer
Deborah Shaffer
Director / Producer
The Wobblies Ratings & Reviews
Boston Phoenix
David Harris
The Wobblies is a brilliant example of the "new documentary." Produced and directed by Stewart Bird and Deborah Shaffer, the film grew out of five years of painstaking and sometimes dangerous research, and the thoroughness shows.
KDHX (St. Louis)
Martha K. Baker
The Wobblies vigorously rehearses the fight for workers' rights. The fight continues, and here is its history.
TheArtsStl
Sarah Boslaugh
Bird and Shaffer's approach is perfectly appropriate to their material, and can be seen as a reflection of the lives of the people whose voices are heard within it. Of course, it may also be reflective of a small production budget, but that's fine also.
Film Threat
Matthew Roe
Watching it will seem more of a slog through tedium than a journey through heartache and social revolution.
Hyperallergic
Dan Schindel
The 1979 documentary, recently restored and now returning to theaters, is a vital record of the early years of the Industrial Workers of the World.
48 Hills
Dennis Harvey
Particularly in today's union-averse landscape, it's a rousing flashback...
East Bay Express
Kelly Vance
We have to remind ourselves to get over the homemade-looking film techniques -- to keep in mind that these are the unfiltered memories of people who lived through the struggles that paved the way for the civil and labor rights many of us take for granted.
Moviegoing with Bill
Bill Arceneaux
Powerful like a fist that's worked on steel, co-directors Deborah Shaffer and Stewart Bird dropped their movie like a sack of bricks onto the cinema's collective stage, having made what is likely the best pro-worker film of all time.
IndieWire
Susannah Gruder
An astounding and essential portrait of American subversion as seen through the eyes of those who lived it.
Battleship Pretension
David Bax
Liberally employing archival footage in way that feels less instructional than amusing, The Wobblies maintains an almost tongue-in-cheek tone.
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