Union Maids
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Union Maids is a 1976 American documentary film directed by Jim Klein, Julia Reichert and Miles Mogulescu. The film was based on the three women from Chicago[1][2] in the labor history book Rank and File by Staughton Lynd and Alice Lynd.
Cast
- Kate Hyndman
- Stella Nowicki
- Sylvia Woods
Production
Like many of her other films, Julia Reichert used a collaborative, nonhierarchical model of filmmaking during the production of Union Maids. She and James Klein shot the documentary on video rather than film. This allowed them longer interviews with their subjects, which, also, allowed the three women to better shape their interviews, and thus their contributions to and representation in the film. Also, shooting on video allowed Reichert and Klein to use student cinematographers, as they could watch the video live and give real-time direction without wasting expensive film stock.[3][4]
Archival footage of said workers organizing and music of the labor movement were also used.[5][6]
Accolades
It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.[7]
Legacy
In 2022, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[8]
References
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- ↑ Kanopy
- ↑ Growing Up Female|Union Maids|Wexner Center for the Arts
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- ↑ “Iron Man,” Marvel, Rocket Into the 2022 National Film Registry|Timeless
- ↑ Full Frame Documentary Festival
- ↑ New York Women in Film & Television
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External links
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- Union Maids at New Day Films
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- 1976 films
- 1976 documentary films
- 1976 independent films
- American documentary films
- American black-and-white films
- American independent films
- Documentary films about labor relations in the United States
- History of women in Illinois
- Films shot in Chicago
- 1970s English-language films
- United States National Film Registry films
- 1970s American films
- English-language documentary films
- English-language independent films