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From Wharf Rats to the Lord of the Docks: The Life and Times of Harry Bridges. Ian Ruskin performs his one-man play to a packed house of 1,000 longshore workers in San Pedro, Calif.
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Celebrate the life and times of a true labor leader, Harry Bridges. He had a profound effect on the American labor movement and was revered by some, hated by others. A hero or the devil incarnate, but he faced it all with a twinkle in his eye. This unique film as seen on PBS, based on Ian Ruskin’
The film is an intimate exploration, through a live performance of the one-man play, of the life and times of this extraordinary radical labor leader, Harry Bridges – “a hero or the devil incarnate, it all depends on your point of view†. It is full of the high drama and biting humor that ran through his life. And it is a springboard into understanding the parallel issues â ...
Marvel at the all-star musical cast of Jackson Browne, Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Sarah Lee Guthrie, many other musicians as well as an audience of one-thousand longshore workers. Bridges was an immigrant working stiff who loved Karl Marx and Jack London, and who fought government persecution for 21 years to become an American citizen. He had a profound effect on the American labor movement ...
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