Taylor Chain I tells the gritty realities of a seven-week strike at a small Indiana chain factory. Volatile union meetings and tension-filled interactions on the picket line provide an inside view of the tensions and conflicts inherent to labor negotiations.
33 minutes
Kartemquin: A subject of Cinema and Media Studies
March 12, 2007
The Society of Cinema and Media Studies held its annual conference in Chicago over the weekend. Kartemquin was the topic of two scholarly presentations. Angela Aguayo, from Eastern Illinois University, presented a paper entitled, "Radical Labor Documentary and Social Change: A Case Study in the Films of the Kartemquin Film Collective" and Judy Hoffman, a Kartemquin alum, presented "Kartemquin Films and the Making of Political Documentaries." Jerry Blumenthal also participated in the weekend conference, hosting a screening of Taylor Chain I: A Story in a Local Union, The Last Pullman Car and What's Happening at Local 70?.
Study Guide (PDF)
- Associate Producers
- Vicki Cooper
- Richard Schmiechen
- Directors
- Jerry Blumenthal
- Gordon Quinn
- Camera
- Gordon Quinn
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