Uprising of '34
The Uprising of '34 is a startling documentary which tells the story of the General Strike of 1934, a massive but little-known strike by hundreds of thousands of Southern cotton mill workers during the Great Depression. The mill workers' defiant sta...
Textiles: Dyeing and Printing
Computerization has taken fabric printing to new levels, allowing for more designs, more colors, and softer fabrics, all at a lower cost. This program explores technological advances in printing and dyeing, giving viewers a detailed look at flatbed,...
Fashion Victims
The Australian Broadcasting Company made this film shortly after the collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh, which killed over 1000 factory workers. The film presents the human consequences of that disaster and focuses on the connection o...
The Passaic textile strike
Incited by wage cuts, speed-ups, and lengthened working hours, the largely immigrant workers in the textile mills of Passaic, New Jersey shut down the mills on January 25, 1926, for more than a year. In this documentary covering the event, a number ...