Union Maids
Union Maids | |
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Directed by | Julia Reichert |
Produced by | Jim Klein Miles Mogulescu Julia Reichert |
Cinematography | Tony Heriza Sherry Novick |
Edited by | Jim Klein Julia Reichert |
Distributed by | New Day Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Union Maids is a 1976 American documentary film directed by Jim Klein, Julia Reichert and Miles Mogulescu. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.[1][2] The film was based on the three women from Chicago 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. Shooting on video also 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]
References[]
- ^ "NY Times: Union Maids". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2011. Archived from the original on May 21, 2011. Retrieved November 15, 2008.
- ^ "The 50th Academy Awards (1978) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved October 5, 2011.
- ^ Aitken, Ian (2006). Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film. New York: Routledge. pp. 1110–1111. ISBN 1579584454. OCLC 59002598.
External links[]
- 1976 films
- English-language films
- 1976 documentary films
- 1976 independent films
- American 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
- Documentary film stubs