The Prologue from The Passaic Textile Strike
1926, Black & White, Film, 18 minutes, 6 seconds
International Workers Aid
Special Announcement:
Celebrating Orphan Films: Screenings and Discussions
May 13, 2011 - May 14, 2011
Billy Wilder Theater, Los Angeles
May 13, 2011 - May 14, 2011
Billy Wilder Theater, Los Angeles
UCLA Film & Television Archive is pleased to partner with Los
Angeles Filmforum and New York University's Orphan Film Symposium to
present an eclectic mix of screenings and discussions at the Billy
Wilder Theater.
The program of over 40 films will include a screening of:
The Passaic Textile Strike (1926) [reel 5] This legendary labor
film, made by International Workers Aid to support New Jersey workers
amid a bitter strike, survived in incomplete form until NYU’s Tamiment
Library rediscovered a missing reel when it acquired the Communist Party
USA Collection. The badly decayed nitrate film was painstakingly
rescued by the Library of Congress, revealing a segment showing the
plight of “the pale children of the hovels.” Introduced by Steven J.
Ross (University of Southern California), author of Working-Class Hollywood: Silent Film and the Shaping of Class in America.
To purchase passes and view schedule, please visit:
http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/2011-05-13/celebrating-orphan-films
[Clip] Cesar Chavez press conference (1973) - Unedited newsfilm from KTLATo purchase passes and view schedule, please visit:
http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/2011-05-13/celebrating-orphan-films
1973, Color, Film, 56 seconds
UCLA Film & Television Archive