Through oral histories, archival footage, photographs, and songs associated with the movement, "The Wobblies" tells the story of the Industrial Workers of the World, the radical union founded in Chicago in 1905 to organize workers across trades. Featuring interviews with aging Wobbly members alongside historical materials from early twentieth-century labor struggles, the film explores the union's role in strikes, worker activism, and the broader fight for labor rights in the United States.
The Wobblies has generally received positive reviews.
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The Wobblies was released in 1979 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 2 reviews, giving The Wobblies (1979) an average rating of 70%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 90%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 0%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed The Wobblies a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 70%, The Wobblies is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1979, which stands at 60%.
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