In post-World War I Winnipeg, a Ukrainian immigrant and a Jewish woman get caught up in a labour strike.
Writing
Adapting a stage musical to capture 1919 labor politics
Production
Period Winnipeg recreated on Saskatchewan standing sets
Director
Robert Adetuyi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on the 2005 stage musical Strike! by Danny Schur and Rick Chafe, which ran for years in Winnipeg before this film adaptation.
The real Winnipeg General Strike involved 30,000 workers—roughly 15% of the city's population—and remains the largest general strike in Canadian history.
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