Dressing America

Dressing America : Tales From the Garment Center
USA
English
Directors: Steven Fischler and Joel Sucher
56 min. Documentary
Vibrant and sentimental. America's apparel industry was founded by immigrant Jews who transformed a half-square mile of New York City into an urban village, packed with sewing machine operators, cutters, tailors, designers, trim manufacturers, machine and tool suppliers and a class of entrepreneurial "garmentos" who managed by dressing America to go from picking rags to middle-class… Show more riches in a single generation. This bountiful film includes personal memories and historical narrative that spins an affectionate, whole-cloth portrait of a quintessentially, American experience.
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the Triangle FIRE
USA
English
Director: Daphne Pinkerson
39 min. Documentary short
Harrowing. On March 25, 1911, when a catastrophic fire broke out in a New York City, garment factory, nearly, 150 peoplemostly young, immigrant women perished because of gross negligence. The lethal blaze sparked public outrage and had an enduring effect on safety in the workplace and also sparked the formation of labor unions. Narrated by Tovah Feldshuh.
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