9to5 Labor Movement Filmmakers And Cast Holding Virtual Talk March 9
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9to5 Labor Movement Filmmakers And Cast Holding Virtual Talk March 9
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Who knew that the movie 9 to 5 was inspired by Cleveland secretaries? Or that clerical workers at the University of Cincinnati and Cuyahoga Community College played a pivotal role in the 9to5 grassroots labor movement of the 1970s and 80s to get equal pay and benefits for women office workers?
Those were some of the surprises to me in
9to5: The Story Of A Movement, a 90-minute documentary by Emmy- and Oscar-winning filmmakers Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar airing Monday Feb. 1 on PBS
Independent Lens (10 p.m., Channels 48, 54). I thought it was a really important story, says Reichert, a 1971 Antioch College graduate and Yellow Springs resident who has a long resume of documentaries about blue-collar workers (