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The Eternal Grind (1916)

The Eternal Grind poster
Directed by
John B. O'Brien
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
41 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film follows workers in a garment factory. A young woman faces hardships and tragedy in the workplace. It is based on a real disaster from 1911.

somberhistoricalemotionally heavyslow-burnsocially consciousgrittymelancholicpoignant

What happens

The Eternal Grind is a 1916 silent drama film directed by John B. O'Brien, and starring Mary Pickford. The film is inspired by the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, which took place in 1911. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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