With These Hands (1950)

Directed by

Jack Arnold

Genre

documentary film, drama film, docudrama

Country

United States

Runtime

52 min

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This docudrama uses flashbacks to compare the dangerous working conditions in a 1910s garment factory with improved conditions in the 1950s. It focuses on a union member who recounts the tragic Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.

informativehistoricalsomberearnestinstructionalcomparativeflashback-driven

What happens

With These Hands is a 1950 documentary film presented in flashbacks directed by Jack Arnold and starring Sam Levene as Alexander Brody; originally created for showing to members of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, the film opened June 15, 1950 at the 1,100-seat Gotham Theatre. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. The film recreates Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire and compares working conditions of the 1910s with the 1950s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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