Union Maids

Union Maids
Directed byJim Klein [de]
Miles Mogulescu
Julia Reichert
Produced byJim Klein
Miles Mogulescu
Julia Reichert
CinematographyTony Heriza
Sherry Novick
Edited byJim Klein
Julia Reichert
Distributed byNew Day Films
Release date
  • February 4, 1976 (1976-02-04)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Union Maids is a 1976 American documentary film directed by Jim Klein, Julia Reichert and Miles Mogulescu. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.[1][2] The film was based on the three women from Chicago in the labor history book Rank and File by Staughton Lynd and Alice Lynd.

In 2022, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[3]

  1. ^ "NY Times: Union Maids". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2011. Archived from the original on May 21, 2011. Retrieved November 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "The 50th Academy Awards (1978) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved October 5, 2011.
  3. ^ Ulaby, Neda (December 14, 2022). "'Iron Man,' 'Super Fly' and 'Carrie' are inducted into the National Film Registry". NPR. Retrieved December 14, 2022.