
Eugene Debs and the American Movement
1977-01-01 · 43 min · Not rated
Eugene Debs & the American Movement is an educational video that documents fifty years of long-suppressed history. Using extensively researched photographs, drawings and newsreel footage, it tells a story of the bloody strikes and brutal government reaction to the American workers' attempts to organize. This film is movingly narrated in Deb's own words, read from his speeches and writings, by his friend and comrade, Shubert Sebree.
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- Directors
- Renner Wunderlich, Margaret Lazarus
- Production companies
- Cambridge Documentary Films
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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