"Union Maids" (1976)

Directed and produced by James Klein, Miles Mogulescu and Julia Reichert. Features the oral histories of 3 women labor activists involved in the workers' movements in the early 1930s: Kate Hyndman, Stella Nowicki, and Sylvia Woods. The women are figures of dignity and beauty amid their experiences of social injustice. Nominated for an Oscar in 1978 for best feature documentary, and winner in 1978 of the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics' "Critics Award" for Best Short.

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