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With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade is a 1979 documentary film directed by Lorraine Gray about the General Motors sit-down strike in 1936–1937 that focuses uniquely on the role of women using archival footage and interviews. It provides an inside look at women's roles in the strike. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.[1][2]

With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade
Directed by	Lorraine Gray
Produced by	Anne Bohlen Lyn Goldfarb Lorraine Gray
Music by	Steve Gray
Production company	Women's Labor History Film Project
Distributed by	New Day Films
Release date	1979 (1979)
Running time	45 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The film was one of the first to put together archival footage with contemporary interviews of participants and helped spur a series of films on left and labor history in the US utilizing this technique. The film was also important in helping bring into view the history of American women being active in the public sphere, particularly in union and labor actions. The film was, further, ground breaking because it was produced and directed by women.

Principal cast

• Genora Johnson Dollinger
• Delia Parish
• Nellie Besson Hendrix
• Mary Handa
• Babe Gelles
• Helen Hauer
• Liliian Hatcher
• Laura Hayward
• Teeter Walker[3]

References

External links

• With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade at IMDb
• With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade is available for free download at the Internet Archive

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