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Adams, Samuel 1722-1803 American Revolution (1775-1783) Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790 Hancock, John 1737-1793 Henry, Patrick 1736-1799 III, King of Great Britain George 1738-1820 Industrial Workers of the World. Revere, Paul 1735-1818 United States United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Juvenile filmsFilter By Subjects
Adams, Samuel 1722-1803 American Revolution (1775-1783) Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790 Hancock, John 1737-1793 Henry, Patrick 1736-1799 III, King of Great Britain George 1738-1820 Industrial Workers of the World. Revere, Paul 1735-1818 United States United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Juvenile filmsSummary: Solidarity! All for One and One for All!₄ Founded in Chicago in 1905, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) took to organizing unskilled workers into one big union and changed the course of American history. This compelling documentary of the IWW (or The Wobblies' as they were known) tells the story of workers in factories, sawmills, wheat fields, forests, mines, and on the docks as they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WOBSummary: 50 million people in the U.S. - one in four children - don't know where their next meal is coming from, despite our having the means to provide nutritious, affordable food for all Americans. Directors Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush examine this issue through the lens of three people who are struggling with food insecurity: Barbie, a single Philadelphia mother who grew up in poverty and is...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Pictures 2013
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF PLASummary: "Bisbee '17 is a nonfiction feature film by award-winning filmmaker Robert Greene set in Bisbee, Arizona, an eccentric old mining town just miles away from both Tombstone and the Mexican border. Radically combining collaborative documentary, western and musical elements, the film follows several members of the close knit community as they attempt to reckon with their town's darkest hour. In...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF BISSummary: Introduces 6 main characters of the American Revolution. Promotes interest in reading of biography with comedy, tragedy, error, foolishness, courage and persistence that is relevant to life today.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Weston Woods 2007