WITH BABIES AND BANNERS:
STORY OF THE WOMEN'S EMERGENCY BRIGADE
The victory of the Great General Motors Sit-Down Strike in Flint, Michigan, in 1937 was the key to the success of the CIO's drive for industrial unionism. The now classic WITH BABIES AND BANNERS presents the untold story of the women—the working women, wives, mothers and sisters—who became the backbone of the strike. Forty years later, nine of these women reunite and dramatically show the relevance of their experience for working men and women today. Rich with archival footage and riveting interviews, With Babies and Banners was nominated for an Academy Award.
Broadcast in 1978 on PBS.
Credits
Producers: Lyn Goldfarb, Lorraine Gray, Anne Bohlen
Director: Lorraine Gray
Editors: Mary Lampson, Melanie Maholick
Director of Photographer: Max Reid
Reviews
Full of drama, insight and general good humor, coupled with a remarkable use of stock footage, sets a high standard for future compilation films. With Babies and Banners succeeds in making concerns that were alive 40 years ago strikingly relevant today as well.
Variety, 1978
Smoothly professional...the images are startling and moving.
Washington Post, 1978
...emotionally engaging, technically adroit and conceptually astute.
Washington Star, 1978
...a model of socially conscious filmmaking of the highest degree.
Le Monde, 1978
It's stirring stuff. It's all about courage and hard work and determination and being gutsy and feisty and female. It makes you want to stand up and cheer and clap your hands and stamp your feet at the wonder of women being made to look like strong people who believed in a cause and were willing to risk insult…and physical danger to fight for it. It's great...take the kids...It's an important part of American history.
Ann Arbor News, 1978
With Babies and Banners is noteworthy for its excellent technical quality, fine use of archival footage, effective editing and well-crafted visual images.
American Library Association Booklist, 1978
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