Release Date

31 Dec, 1978

Runtime

00:45: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

Combining rare archival footage with interviews recorded forty years after the event, this documentary tells the story of the Women’s Emergency Brigade during the 1936–37 General Motors sit-down strike in Flint, Michigan. While national attention focused on the men occupying the factories, women—auto workers and the families of strikers—organized food supplies, picket lines, and public demonstrations that helped sustain the historic labor victory. The film highlights their long-overlooked role in the American labor movement.

Original Title

With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade

Photos

×

Actors

Crew

Lorraine Gray

Lyn Goldfarb

Anne Bohlen

Lorraine Gray

Steve Gray

Anne Bohlen

Anne Bohlen

Mary Lampson

Melanie Maholick

Ting Barrow

Max Reid

Lorraine W. Gray

Samantha Hellwell