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The Passaic Textile Strike
(1926) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 6262 feet
Directed by Sam Russak (Samuel Russak)

Cast: George Ashkenudse [himself], John J. Ballam [himself], Lena Chernenko [herself], Gustav Deak [himself], Thomas DeFazio [himself], Robert Dunn [himself], Elizabeth Gurley Flynn [herself], Leo Krzycki [himself], Joseph Magliacano [himself], Clarence Miller [himself], Mother Bloor (Ella Reeve) [herself], Jack Rubenstein [himself], Leona Smith [herself], Norman Thomas [himself], Alfred Wagenknecht [himself], Albert Weisbord [himself], Ellen Wilkinson [herself], Martin Winkler [himself]

International Workers Aid production. / Produced by Alfred Wagenknecht. Cinematography by Lester Balog, Sam Brody and Bill Schwartfeller. Intertitles written by Margaret Larkin. / Premiered October 1926 in Passaic, New Jersey. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was produced by the striking textile workers to raise money to keep the strike going.

Documentary.

Survival status: Print exists in the Museum of Modern Art film archive.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 28 October 2018.

References: Brownlow-Behind pp. xxiv, xxv : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.