Union Maids

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Union Maids
Directed by Jim Klein  [ de ]
Miles Mogulescu
Julia Reichert
Produced byJim Klein
Miles Mogulescu
Julia Reichert
CinematographyTony Heriza
Sherry Novick
Edited byJim Klein
Julia Reichert
Distributed by New Day Films
Release date
  • February 4, 1976 (1976-02-04)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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.

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Cast

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

  1. ↑ Kanopy
  2. ↑ Growing Up Female|Union Maids|Wexner Center for the Arts
  3. ↑ Aitken, Ian (2006). Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film. New York: Routledge. pp. 1110–1111. ISBN   1579584454. OCLC   59002598.
  4. ↑ “Iron Man,” Marvel, Rocket Into the 2022 National Film Registry|Timeless
  5. ↑ Full Frame Documentary Festival
  6. ↑ New York Women in Film & Television
  7. ↑ "The 50th Academy Awards (1978) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved October 5, 2011.
  8. ↑ Ulaby, Neda (December 14, 2022). "'Iron Man,' 'Super Fly' and 'Carrie' are inducted into the National Film Registry". NPR . Retrieved December 14, 2022.
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