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"A Strike and an Uprising (in Texas)" A new documentary film by Anne Lewis

Presented by Texas State Employees Union at Texas State Employees Union CWA-TSEU 6186 Union Hall, Austin TX

Aug 25 2017

A reflexive documentary which privileges the perspective of women, African Americans, and Latin@s — fine cut screening followed by Q&A with the filmmaker and a film participant.

In 1938, Emma Tenayuca led ten thousand San Antonio pecan shellers’ in a massive strike – the birth of the Chicano movement denied because of its iconic communist leader. In 1987, workers organized a march of 3,000 through the streets of Nacogdoches — a largely unknown epiphany for black women in Texas. ... view more »

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VIDEOS

  • trailer

LOCATION

Texas State Employees Union CWA-TSEU 6186 Union Hall

1700 South 1st Street, Austin, TX 78704

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