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Long Live the Dockers (1951)

Long Live the Dockers poster
Original title
Vivent les dockers
Directed by
Robert Ménégoz
Genre
documentary
Country
France
Runtime
14 min
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

How it feels

This short French film documents the dock workers' strike that took place in France from 1949 to 1950. It follows the collective action and struggles of the strikers during that labor dispute.

earnestdocumentary-stylepoliticalurgentgrittysombermatter-of-factsolidarity-driven

What happens

Vivent les dockers est un court métrage français réalisé collectivement sous la direction de Robert Ménégoz, présenté au Festival international du film de Karlovy Vary en 1951 et racontant la Grève des dockers de 1949-1950 en France. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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