Synopsis
Presents the background story and exposes the outrageous lies in the anti-labor national right-to-work committee film.
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- Running time
- 18 minutes
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · Fat, Old and Ugly Enough to Take Care of Myself · Christine Hennig II · 2017-02-25
This 1962 film is a refutation of another film, And Women Must Weep, which is also on my list to review. That film was an anti-union film that dramatically showed how a machinist’s strike in Princeton, Indiana supposedly damaged the community. Anatomy of a Lie was made by the union who voted to strike and interviews the workers who were involved in it, mostly women. The workers all point out that the anti-union film grossly misrepresented the facts of the strike, making it sound like it was not supported by the workers (actually it was overwhelmingly supported by them), that the picket lines…
★★★★ · Fat Old and Ugly · Spuzz · 2015-10-28
A union responds to an anti-union film (was it actually called "Right To Work"??) by trotting out union members and other town folk to dispute the film. This is all ok, if not somewhat tedious by the end. Love the pastor who has nothing to say except how the union members go to church every Sunday. Well, good for you!