Article: Harry Bridges: A Man and His Union.

Film biographies on labor leaders too often inspire deep affection for the sacrifices and skills of individual leaders, while doing nothing to educate the viewers on unionism, class solidarity, or capitalism. In the end, they promote a 'top down,' undemocratic construction of how power is legitimately gained and used. Thankfully, Berry Minott's film, Harry Bridges: A Man and His Union, is the kind of personal story which introduces the viewer to a wider set of relevant ideas while keeping the importance of the colorful labor leader in the foreground.

Through a captivating use of archival photographs and films, Minott briskly moves us through three bracketed periods ...

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