FEATURE + SHORT: This screening contains the 83 min feature film Haymarket, and the 30 min short 1877. The May Day discussion with Haymarket director Adrian Prawica and labor historians Joe McCartin and Stephen Brier is now available on the Labor Goes to the Movies Podcast.
The Chicago Haymarket Affair, where a bomb thrown into the ranks of Police was followed by an eruption of panic and violence resulting in a trial and execution of presumably innocent workers' rights activists, is examined in this feature documentary film. Expert historians and professors present the history of the bomb, the anarchist movement of the 19th century, and the labor struggle of working people fighting for a shorter workday during the industrial might of America's Gilded Age.
- Year2021
- Runtime83 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorAdrian Prawica
FEATURE + SHORT: This screening contains the 83 min feature film Haymarket, and the 30 min short 1877. The May Day discussion with Haymarket director Adrian Prawica and labor historians Joe McCartin and Stephen Brier is now available on the Labor Goes to the Movies Podcast.
The Chicago Haymarket Affair, where a bomb thrown into the ranks of Police was followed by an eruption of panic and violence resulting in a trial and execution of presumably innocent workers' rights activists, is examined in this feature documentary film. Expert historians and professors present the history of the bomb, the anarchist movement of the 19th century, and the labor struggle of working people fighting for a shorter workday during the industrial might of America's Gilded Age.
- Year2021
- Runtime83 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorAdrian Prawica